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Uegtelattoe  Reference  bureau. 


JAMES  N.  MOORE,   Director 


Constitution  of  i  Pennsylvania 


ANALYTICALLY  INDEXED  AND 
WITH  INDEX  OF  PROHIBITED  LEGISLATION 


JAMES  McKIRDY,   Assistant  Director 


HARRISBURG: 

C.    E.   AUGHINBAUGH.    PRINTER  TO  THE  STATE  OF  PENNSYLVANIA 

1912. 


ww^u*  Hegtglatifae  deference  bureau. 

JAMES  N.  MOORE,   Director 


Constitution  of  Pemtfptomtia 


ANALYTICALLY  INDEXED  AND 
WITH  INDEX  OF  PROHIBITED  LEGISLATION 


BY 
JAMES  McKIRDY,   Assistant  Director 


HARRISBURG: 
C.    E.   AUGHINBAUGH.    PRINTER  TO  THE  STATE  OF  PENNSYLVANIA 

1912. 


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PREFACE. 


The  present  Constitution  of  Pennsylvania  was  adopted  De- 
cember 16,  1873,  by  the  electors  of  this  State,  and  went  into 
effect  January  1,  1874.  It  has  been  amended  three  times: 
November  5,  1901,  November  2,  1909  and  November  7,  1911. 
These  amendments  have  been  noted  in  their  appropriate  places. 

This  edition  has  been  prepared  because  of  the  fact  that  there 
is  not  accessible  in  separate  form  an  indexed  edition  of  our 
State  Constitution. 

In  addition  to  the  index  there  has  been  added  an  analytical 
index  of  subjects  upon  which  legislation  is  expressly  prohibited 
by  the  Constitution  of  our  State.  It  is  intended  as  an  aid  to 
those  who  may  be  called  upon  to  draft  legislative  bills,  and  to 
those  whose  duty  it  may  be  to  pass  upon  the  validity  of  any 
of  our  Acts  of  Assembly. 

We  shall  be  grateful  if  our  attention  is  called  to  any  errors 
in  this  pamphlet. 

JAMES  McKIRDY, 

Assistant  Director, 
Legislative  Reference  Bureau. 
April  1,  1912. 


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CONSTITUTION 


COMMONWEALTH  OF  PENNSYLVANIA 

Preamble.  We,  the  people  of  the  Commonwealth  of  Penn- 
sylvania, grateful  to  Almighty  God  for  the  blessings  of  civil  and 
religions  liberty,  and  humbly  invoking  His  guidance,  do  ordain 
and  establish  this  Constitution. 

ARTICLE  I. 

DECLARATION  OF  RIGHTS. 

Liberty  and  Free  Government.  That  the  general,  great  and 
essential  principles  of  liberty  and  free  government  may  be 
recognized  and  unalterably  established,  we  declare  that — 

Sec.  1.  Natural  Rights  of  Mankind.  All  men  are  born 
equally  free  and  independent,  and  have  certain  inherent  and  in- 
defeasible rights,  among  which  are  those  of  enjoying  and  de- 
fending life  and  liberty,  of  acquiring,  possessing  and  protecting 
property  and  reputation,  and  of  pursuing  their  own  happiness. 

Sec.  2.  Power  of  People.  All  power  is  inherent  in  the  peo- 
ple, and  all  free  governments  are  founded  on  their  authority 
and  instituted  for  their  peace,  safety  and  happiness.  For  the 
advancement  of  these  ends  they  have  at  all  times  an  inalienable 
and  indefeasible  right  to  alter,  reform  or  abolish  their  govern- 
ment in  such  manner  as  they  may  think  proper. 

Sec.  3.  Rights  of  Conscience.  Freedom  of  Religious  Wor- 
ship. All  men  have  a  natural  and  indefeasible  right  to  worship 
Almighty  God  according  to  the  dictates  of  their  own  con- 
sciences ;  no  man  can  of  right  be  compelled  to  attend,  erect  or 
support  any  place  of  worship,  or  to  maintain  any  ministry 
against  his  consent ;  no  human  authority  can,  in  any  case  what- 
ever, control  or  interfere  with  the  rights  of  conscience  and  no 
preference  shall  ever  be  given  by  law  to  any  religious  establish- 
ments or  modes  of  worship. 


ARTICLE  I.— Sec.   4-9. 

Sec.  4.  No  Disqualification  for  Religious  Belief.  No  person 
who  acknowledges  the  being-  of  a  God,  and  a  future  state  of  re- 
wards and  punishments  shall,  on  account  of  his  religious  sen- 
timents, be  disqualified  to  hold  any  office  or  place  of  trust  or 
profit  under  this  Commonwealth. 

Sec.  5.  Freedom  of  Elections.  Elections  shall  be  free  and 
equal ;  and  no  power,  civil  or  military,  shall  at  any  time  inter- 
fere to  prevent  the  free  exercise  of  the  right  of  suffrage. 

Sec.  6.  Trial  by  Jury.  Trial  by  jury  shall  be  as  heretofore, 
and  the  right  thereof  remain  inviolate. 

Sec.  7.  Freedom  of  the  Press.  Libel.  The  printing  press 
shall  be  free  to  every  person  who  may  undertake  to  examine 
the  proceedings  of  the  Legislature  or  any  branch  of  govern- 
ment, and  no  law  shall  ever  be  made  to  restrain  the  right 
thereof.  The  free  communication  of  thoughts  and  opinions  is 
one  of  the  invaluable  rights  of  man,  and  every  citizen  may 
freely  speak,  write  and  print  on  any  subject,  being  responsible 
for  the  abuse  of  that  liberty.  No  conviction  shall  be  had  in 
any  prosecution  for  the  publication  of  papers  relating  to  the 
official  conduct  of  officers  or  men  in  public  capacity,  or  to  any 
other  matter  proper  for  public  investigation  or  information, 
where  the  fact  that  such  publication  was  not  maliciously  or 
negligently  made  shall  be  established  to  the  satisfaction  of  the 
jury;  and  in  all  indictments  for  libels  the  jury  shall  have  the 
right  to  determine  the  law  and  the  facts,  under  the  direction 
of  the  court,  as  in  other  cases. 

Sec.  8.  Searches  and  Seizures.  The  people  shall  be  secure 
in  their  persons,  houses,  papers  and  possessions  from  uniea- 
sonable  searches  and  seizures,  and  no  warrant  to  search  any 
place  or  to  seize  any  person  or  things  shall  issue  without  de- 
scribing them  as  nearly  as  may  be,  nor  without  probable  cause, 
supported  by  oath  or  affirmation  subscribed  to  by  the  affiant. 

Sec.  9.  Rights  of  Accused  in  Criminal  Prosecutions.  In  all 
criminal  prosecutions  the  accused  hath  a  right  to  be  heard  by 
himself  and  his  counsel,  to  demand  the  nature  and  cause  of 
the  accusation  against  him,  to  meet  the  witnesses  face  to  face, 
to  have  compulsory  process  for  obtaining  witnesses  in  his 
favor,  and,  in  prosecutions  by  indictment  or  information,  a 


ARTICLE   I.— Sec.    10-16. 


speedy  public  trial  by  an  impartial  jury  of  the  vicinage;  he 
cannot  be  compelled  to  give  evidence  against  himself,  nor  can 
he  be  deprived  of  his  life,  liberty  or  property,  unless  by  the 
judgment  of  his  peers  or  the  law  of  the  land. 

Sec.  10.  Criminal  Information.  Twice  in  Jeopardy.  Emi- 
nent Domain.  No  person  shall,  for  any  indictable  offense,  be 
proceeded  against  criminally  by  information,  except  in  cases 
arising  in  the  land  or  naval  forces,  or  in  the  militia,  when  in 
actual  service,  in  time  of  war  or  public  danger,  or  by  leave  of 
the  court  for  oppression  or  misdemeanor  in  office.  No  person 
shall,  for  the  same  offense,  be  twice  put  in  jeopardy  of  life  or 
limb ;  nor  shall  private  property  be  taken  or  applied  to  public 
use,  without  authority  of  law  and  without  just  compensation 
being  first  made  or  secured. 

Sec.  11.  Courts  to  be  Open.  Suits  against  Common- 
wealth. All  courts  shall  be  open ;  and  every  man  for  an  in- 
jury done  him  in  his  lands,  goods,  persons  or  reputation  shall 
have  remedy  by  due  course  of  law,  and  right  and  justice  ad- 
ministered without  sale,  denial  or  delay.  Suits  may  be 
brought  against  the  Commonwealth  in  such  manner,  in  such 
courts  and  in  such  cases  as  the  Legislature  may  by  law  direct. 

Sec.  12.  Power  of  Suspending  Laws.  No  power  of  sus- 
pending laws  shall  be  exercised  unless  by  the  Legislature  or 
by  its  authority. 

Sec.  13.  Bail.  Fines.  Punishments.  Excessive  bail  shall 
not  be  required,  nor  excessive  fines  imposed,  nor  cruel  punish- 
ments inflicted. 

Sec.  14.  Prisoners  to  be  Bailable.  Habeas  Corpus.  All 
prisoners  shall  be  bailable  by  sufficient  sureties,  unless  for 
capital  offenses  when  the  proof  is  evident  or  presumption 
great ;  and  the  privilege  of  the  writ  of  habeas  corpus  shall  not 
be  suspended,  unless  when  in  case  of  rebellion  or  invasion  the 
public  safety  may  require  it. 

Sec.  15.  Oyer  and  Terminer.  No  commission  of  oyer  and 
terminer  or  jail  delivery  shall  be  issued. 

Sec.  16.  Insolvent  Debtors.  The  person  of  a  debtor,  where 
there  is  not  strong  presumption  of  fraud,  shall  not  be  contin- 


ARTICLE  I.— Sec.   17-25. 

ued  in  prison  after  delivering  up  his  estate  for  the  benefit  of 
his  creditors  in  such  manner  as  shall  be  prescribed  by  law. 

Sec.  17.  Ex  Post  Facto  Laws.  Impairment  of  Contracts. 
No  ex  post  facto  law,  nor  any  law  impairing  the  obligation  of 
contracts,  or  making  irrevocable  any  grant  of  special  privi- 
leges or  immunities,  shall  be  passed. 

Sec.  18.  Attainder.  No  person  shall  be  attainted  of  trea- 
son or  felony  by  the  Legislature. 

Sec.  19.  Attainder  Limited.  Estates  o'f  Suicides.  De- 
odands.  No  attainder  shall  work  corruption  of  blood,  nor,  ex- 
cept during  the  life  of  the  offender,  forfeiture  of  estate  to  the 
Commonwealth.  The  estate  of  such  persons  as  shall  destroy 
their  own  lives  shall  descend  or  vest  as  in  cases  of  natural 
death,  and  if  any  person  shall  be  killed  by  casualty  there  shall 
be  no  forfeiture  by  reason  thereof. 

Sec.  20.  Right  of  Petition.  The  citizens  have  a  right  in  a 
peaceable  manner  to  assemble  together  for  their  common  good, 
and  to  apply  to  those  invested  with  the  powers  of  government 
for  redress  of  grievances  Or  other  proper  purposes,  by  petition, 
address  or  remonstrance. 

Sec.  21.  Right  to  Bear  Arms.  The  right  of  the  citizens  to 
bear  arms  in  defense  of  themselves  and  the  State  shall  not  be 
questioned. 

Sec.  22.  Standing  Army.  Military  Power  Subordinate  to 
Civil.  No  standing  army  shall,  in  time  of  peace,  be  kept  up 
without  the  consent  of  the  Legislature,  and  the  military  shall 
in  all  cases  and  at  all  times  be  in  strict  subordination  to  the 
civil  power. 

Sec.  23.  Quartering  of  Troops.  No  soldier  shall  in  time  of 
peace  be  quartered  in  any  house  without  the  consent  of  the 
owner,  nor  in  time  of  war  but  in  a  manner  to  be  prescribed  by 
law. 

Sec.  24.  Titles.  Offices.  The  Legislature  shall  not  grant 
any  title  of  nobility  or  hereditary  distinction,  nor  create  any 
office  the  appointment  to  which  shall  be  for  a  longer  term  than 
during  good  behavior. 

Sec.  25.  Emigration.  Emigration  from  the  State  shall  not 
be  prohibited. 

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ARTICLE  I.— Sac.  26 
ARTICLE  II.— Sec.   1-5. 

Sec.  26.  Reservation  of  Powers  in  People.  To  guard 
against  transgressions  of  the  high  powers  which  we  have  dele- 
gated, we  declare  that  everything  in  this  article  is  excepted 
out  of  the  general  powers  of  government  and  shall  forever  re- 
main inviolate. 

ARTICLE  II. 
THE  LEGISLATURE. 

Sec.  1.  Legislative  Power.  The  legislative  power  of  this 
Commonwealth  shall  be  vested  in  a  General  Assembly  which 
shall  consist  of  a  Senate  and  a  House  of  Representatives. 

Sec.  2.  Election  of  Members.  Vacancies.  Members  of 
the  General  Assembly  shall  be  chosen  at  the  general  election 
every  second  year.  Their  term  of  service  shall  begin  on  the 
first  day  of  December  next  after  their  election.  Whenever  a 
vacancy  shall  occur  in  either  House,  the  presiding  officer 
thereof  shall  issue  a  writ  of  election  to  fill  such  vacancy  for 
the  remainder  of  the  term. 

Sec.  3.  Terms  of  Members.  Senators  shall  be  elected  for 
the  term  of  four  years  and  Representatives  for  the  term  of  two 
years. 

Sec.  4.  Sessions.  United  States  Senators.  The  General 
Assembly  shall  meet  at  twelve  o'clock,  noon,  on  the  first  Tues- 
day of  January  every  second  year,  and  at  other  times  when 
convened  by  the  Governor,  but  shall  hold  no  adjourned  annual 
session  after  the  year  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  seventy- 
eight.  In  case  of  a  vacancy  in  the  office  of  United  States  Sena- 
tor from  this  Commonwealth,  in  a  recess  between  sessions,  the 
Governor  shall  convene  the  two  Houses,  by  proclamation  on 
notice  not  exceeding  sixty  days,  to  fill  the  same. 

Sec.  5.  Qualifications  of  Members.  Senators  shall  be  at 
least  twenty-five  years  of  age  and  Representatives  twenty-one 
years  of  .age.  They  shall  have  been  citizens  and  inhabitants 
of  the  State  four  years,  and  inhabitants  of  their  respective 
districts  one  year  next  before  their  election  (unless  absent  on 
the  public  business  of  the  United  States  or  of  this  State),  and 
shall  reside  in  their  respective  districts  during  their  terms  of 
service. 

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ARTICLE  II.— Sec.   6-11. 

Sec.  6.  Disqualification  to  Hold  Other  Office.  No  Senator 
or  Representative  shall,  during  the  time  for  which  he  shall 
have  been  elected,  be  appointed  to  any  civil  office  under  this 
Commonwealth,  and  no  member  of  Congress,  or  other  person, 
holding  any  office  (except  of  attorney-at-law  or  in  the  militia) 
under  the  United  States,  or  this  Commonwealth,  shall  be  a 
member  of  either  House  during  his  continuance  in  office. 

Sec.  7.  Certain  Crimes  to  Disqualify.  No  person  hereafter 
convicted  of  embezzlement  of  public,  moneys,  bribery,  perjury 
or  other  infamous  crime,  shall  be  eligible  to  the  General  As- 
sembly, or  capable  of  holding  any  office  of  trust  or  profit  in 
this   Commonwealth. 

Sec.  8.  Compensation.  The  members  of  the  General  As- 
sembly shall  receive  such  salary  and  mileage  for  regular  and 
special  sessions  as  shall  be  fixed  by  law,  and  no  other  compen- 
sation whatever,  whether  for  service  upon  committee  or  other- 
wise. No  member  of  either  House  shall  during  the  term  for 
which  he  may  have  been  elected,  receive  any  increase  of  sal- 
ary, or  mileage,  under  any  law  passed  during  such  term. 

Sec.  9.  Presiding  Officers.  Other  Officers.  Election  and 
Qualifications  of  Members.  The  Senate  shall  at  the  beginning 
and  close  of  each  regular  session  and  at  such  other  times  as 
may  be  necessary,  elect  one  of  its  members  President  pro 
tempore,  who  shall  perform  the  duties  of  the  Lieutenant  Gov- 
ernor, in  any  case  of  absence  or  disability  of  that  officer,  and 
whenever  the  said  office  of  Lieutenant  Governor  shall  be  va- 
cant. The  House  of  Representatives  shall  elect  one  of  its 
members  as  Speaker.  Each  House  shall  choose  its  other 
officers,  and  shall  judge  of  the  election  and  qualifications  of 
its  members. 

Sec.  10.  Quorum.  A  majority  of  each  House  shall  consti- 
tute a  quorum,  but  a  smaller  number  may  adjourn  from  day 
to  day  and  compel  the  attendance  of  absent  members. 

Sec.  11.  Powers  of  Each  Branch.  Expulsion.  Each  House 
shall  have  power  to  determine  the  rules  of  its  proceedings  and 
punish  its  members  or  other  persons  for  contempt  or  disor- 
derly behavior  in  its  presence,  to  enforce  obedience  to  its  pro- 
cess,  to   protect   its   members   against   violence   or   offers   of 

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ARTICLE  II.— Sec.   12-16. 

bribes  or  private  solicitation,  and,  with  the  concurrence  of 
two-thirds,  to  expel  a  member,  but  not  a  second  time  for  the 
same  cause,  and  shall  have  all  other  powers  necessary  for  the 
Legislature  of  a  free  State.  A  member  expelled  for  corrup- 
tion shall  not  thereafter  be  eligible  to  either  House,  and  pun- 
ishment for  contempt  or  disorderly  behavior  shall  not  bar  an 
indictment  for  the  same  offense. 

Sec.  12.  Journals.  Yeas  and  Nays.  Each  House  shall 
keep  a  journal  of  its  proceedings  and  from  time  to  time  pub- 
lish the  same,  except  such  parts  as  require  secrecy,  and  the 
yeas  and  nays  of  the  members  on  any  question  shall,  at  the  de- 
sire of  any  two  of  them,  be  entered  on  the  journal. 

Sec.  13.  Sessions.  The  sessions  of  each  House  and  of  com- 
mittees of  the  whole  shall  be  open,  unless  when  the  business 
is  such  as  ought  to  be  kept  secret. 

Section  14.  Adjournment.  Neither  House  shall,  without 
the  consent  of  the  other,  adjourn  for  more  than  three  days,  nor 
to  any  other  place  than  that  in  which  the  two  Houses  shall  be 
sitting.  ! 

Sec.  15.  Privileges  of  Members.  The  members  of  the  Gen- 
eral Assembly  shall  in  all  cases,  except  treason,  felony,  viola- 
tion of  their  oath  of  office;  and  breach  or  surety  of  the  peace,  be 
privileged  from  arrest  during  their  attendance  at  the  sessions 
of  their  respective  Houses  and  in  going  to  and  returning  from 
the  same ;  and  for  any  speech  or  debate  in  either  House  they 
shall  not  be  questioned  in  any  other  place. 

Sec.  16.  Senatorial  Districts.  Ratio.  The  State  shall  be 
divided  into  fifty  senatorial  districts  of  compact  and  contigu- 
ous territory  as  nearly  equal  in  population  as  may  be,  and 
each  district  shall  be  entitled  to  elect  one  Senator.  Each 
county  containing  one  or  more  ratios  of  population  shall  be 
entitled  to  one  Senator  for  each  ratio,  and  to  an  additional  Sen- 
ator for  a  surplus  of  population  exceeding  three-fifths  of  a 
ratio,  but  no  county  shall  form  a  separate  district  unless  it 
shall  contain  four-fifths  of  a  ratio,  except  where  the  adjoining 
counties  are  each  entitled  to  one  or  more  Senators,  when  such 
county  may  be  assigned  a  Senator  on  less  than  four-fifths  and 
exceeding  one-half  of  a  ratio;  and  no  county  shall  be  divided 

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ARTICLE  II.— Sec.   17-18. 
ARTICLE  III.— Sec.    1-2. 

unless  entitled  to  two  or  more  Senators.  No  city  or  county 
shall  be  entitled  to  separate  representation  exceeding  one- 
sixth  of  the  whole  number  of  Senators.  No  ward,  borough 
or  township  shall  be  divided  in  the  formation  of  a  district. 
The  senatorial  ratio  shall  be  ascertained  by  dividing  the  whole 
population  of  the  State  by  the  number  fifty. 

Sec.  .17.  Representative  Districts.  The  members  of  the 
House  of  Representatives  shall  be  apportioned  among  the  sev- 
eral counties,  on  a  ratio  obtained  by  dividing  the  population 
of  the  State  as  ascertained  by  the  most  recent  United  States 
census  by  two  hundred.  Every  county  containing  less  than 
five  ratios  shall  have  one  representative  for  every  full  ratio,  and 
an  additional  representative  when  the  surplus  exceeds  half  a 
ratio;  but  each  county  shall  have  at  least  one  representative. 
Every  county  containing  five  ratios  or  more  shall  have  one 
representative  for  every  full  ratio.  Every  city  containing  a 
population  equal  to  a  ratio  shall  elect  separately  its  proportion 
of  the  representatives  allotted  to  the  county  in  which  it  is  lo- 
cated. Every  city  entitled  to  more  than  four  representatives, 
and  every  county  having  over  one  hundred  thousand  in- 
habitants shall  be  divided  into  districts  of  compact  and  con- 
tiguous territory,  each  district  to  elect  its  proportion  of  rep- 
resentatives, according  to  its  population,  but  no  district  shall 
elect  more  than  four  representatives. 

Sec.  18.  Legislative  Apportionment.  The  General  Assem- 
bly at  its  first  session  after  the  adoption  of  this  Constitution, 
and  immediately  after  each  United  States  decennial  census, 
shall  apportion  the  State  into  senatorial  and  representative  dis- 
tricts agreeeably  to  the  provisions  of  the  two  next  preceding 
sections. 

ARTICLE  III. 

LEGISLATION. 

Sec.  1.  Passage  of  Bills.  Change  of  Purpose.  No  law 
shall  be  passed  except  by  bill,  and  no  bill  shall  be  so  altered 
or  amended,  on  its  passage  through  either  House,  as  to  change 
its  original  purpose. 

Sec.  2.     Reference  to  Committee.     Printing.     No  bill  shall 

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ARTICLE  III.— Sec.  3-7. 


be  considered  unless  referred  to  a  committee,  returned  there- 
from, and  printed  for  the  use  of  the  members. 

Sec.  3.  Subject  of  Bills.  Title.  No  bill,  except  general 
appropriation  bills,  shall  be  passed  containing  more  than  one 
subject,  which  shall  be  clearly  expressed  in  its  title. 

Sec.  4.  Three  Readings.  Amendments.  Final  Vote.  Every 
bill  shall  be  read  at  length  on  three  different  days  in  each 
House;  all  amendments  made  thereto  shall  be  printed  for  the 
use  of  the  members  before  the  final  vote  is  taken  on  the  bill, 
and  no  bill  shall  become  a  law,  unless  on  its  final  passage  the 
vote  be  taken  by  yeas  and  nays,  the  names  of  the  persons  vot- 
ing for  and  against  the  same  be  entered  on  the  journal,  and  a 
majority  of  the  members  elected  to  each  House  be  recorded 
thereon  as  voting  in  its  favor. 

Sec.  5.  Concurring  in  Amendments.  Conference  Commit- 
tee Reports.  No  amendment  to  bills  by  one  House  shall  be 
concurred  in  by  the  other,  except  by  the  vote  of  a  majority  of 
the  members  elected  thereto,  taken  by  yeas  and  nays,  and  the 
names  of  those  voting  for  and  against  recorded  upon  the  jour- 
nal thereof;  and  reports  of  committees  of  conference  shall  be 
adopted  in  either  House  only  by  the  vote  of  a  majority  of  the 
members  elected  thereto,  taken  by  yeas  and  nays,  and  the 
names  of  those  voting  recorded  upon  the  journals. 

Sec.  6.  Revival  and  Amendment  of  Laws.  No  law  shall 
be  revived,  amended,  or  the  provisions  thereof  extended  or 
conferred,  by  reference  to  its  title  only,  but  so  much  thereof 
as  is  revived,  amended,  extended  or  conferred  shall  be  re-en- 
acted and  published  at  length. 

vSec.  7.  Special  and  Local  Legislation  Limited.  The  Gen- 
eral Assembly  shall  not  pass  any  local  or  special  law : 

Authorizing  the  creation,  extension  or  impairing  of  liens : 

Regulating  the  affairs  of  counties,  cities,  townships,  wards, 
boroughs  or  school  districts : 

Changing  the  names  of  persons  or  places : 

Changing  the  venue  in  civil  or  criminal  cases : 

Authorizing  the  laying  out,  opening,  altering  or  maintain- 
ing, roads,  highways,  streets  or  alleys : 

Relating  to   ferries   or  bridges,   or   incorporating   ferry   or 

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bridge  companies,  except  for  the  erection  of  bridges  crossing 
streams  which  form  boundaries  between  this  and  any  other 
State : 

Vacating  roads,  town  plats,  streets  or  alleys : 

Relating  to  cemeteries,  giaveyards  or  public  grounds  not  of 
the  State: 

Authorizing  the  adoption  or  legitimation  of  children : 

Locating  or  changing  county  seats,  erecting  new  counties 
or  changing  county  lines : 

Incorporating  cities,  towns  or  villages,  or  changing  their 
charters : 

For  the  opening  and  conducting  of  elections,  or  fixing  or 
changing  the  place  of  voting: 

Granting  divorces : 

Erecting  new  townships  or  boroughs,  changing  township 
lines,  borough  limits  or  school  districts : 

Creating  offices,  or  prescribing  the  powers  and  duties  of  of- 
ficers in  counties,  cities,  boroughs,  townships,  election  or 
school  districts ! 

Changing  the  law  of  descent  or  succession : 

Regulating  the  practice  or  jurisdiction  of,  or  changing  the 
rules  of  evidence  in,  any  judicial  proceeding  or  inquiry  before 
courts,  aldermen,  justices  of  the  peace,  sheriffs,  commission- 
ers, arbitrators,  auditors,  masters  in  chancery  or  other  tribu- 
nals, or  providing  or  changing  methods  for  the  collection  of 
debts,  or  the  enforcing  of  judgments,  or  prescribing  the 
effect  of  judicial  sales  of  real  estate : 

Regulating  the  fees  or  extending  the  powers  and  duties  of 
aldermen,  justices  of  the  peace,  magistrates  or  constables: 

Regulating  the  management  of  public  schools,  the  building 
or  repairing  of  school  houses,  and  the  raising  of  money  for 
such  purposes : 

Fixing  the  rate  of  interest : 

Affecting  the  estates  of  minors  or  persons  under  disability, 
except  after  due  notice  to  all  parties  in  interest,  to  be  recited 
in  the  special  enactment : 

Remitting  fines,  penalties  and  forfeitures,  or  refunding 
moneys  legally  paid  into  the  treasury: 

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ARTICLE  III.— Sec.    8-li. 

Exempting  property  from  taxation : 

Regulating  labor,  trade,  mining  or  manufacturing : 

Creating  corporations,  or  amending,  renewing  or  extending 
the  charters  thereof: 

Granting  to  any  corporation,  association  or  individual  any 
special  or  exclusive  privilege  or  immunity,  or  to  any  corpora- 
tion, association  or  individual  the  right  to  lay  down  a  railroad 
track : 

Nor  shall  the  General  Assembly  indirectly  enact  such  special 
or  local  law  by  the  partial  repeal  of  a  general  law ;  but  laws  re- 
pealing local  or  special  acts  may  be  passed : 

Nor  shall  any  law  be  passed  granting  powers  or  privileges 
in  any  case  where  the  granting  of  such  powers  and  privileges 
shall  have  been  provided  for  by  general  law,  nor  where  the 
courts  have  jurisdiction  to  grant  the  same  or  give  the  relief 
asked  for. 

Sec.  8.  Notice  of  Local  and  Special  Bills.  No  local  or  spe- 
cial bill  shall  be  passed  unless  notice  of  the  intention  to  apply 
therefor  shall  have  been  published  in  the  locality  where  the 
matter  or  the  thing  to  be  affected  may  be  situated,  which  no- 
tice shall  be  at  least  thirty  days  prior  to  the  introduction  into 
the  General  Assembly  of  such  bill  and  in  the  manner  to  be 
provided  by  law ;  the  evidence  of  such  notice  having  been  pub- 
lished shall  be  exhibited  in  the  General  Assembly  before  such 
act  shall  be  passed. 

Sec.  9.  Signing  of  Bills  by  Presiding  Officers.  The  presid- 
ing officer  of  each  House  shall,  in  the  presence  of  the  House 
over  which-  he  presides,  sign  all  bills  and  joint  resolutions 
passed  by  the  General  Assembly,  after  their  titles  have  been 
publicly  read  immediately  before  signing;  and  the  fact  of  sign- 
ing snail  be  entered  on  the  journal. 

Sec.  10.  Officers  and  Employes.  Payments.  The  General 
Assembly  shall  prescribe  by  law  the  number,  duties  and  com- 
pensation of  the  officers  and  employes  of  each  House,  and  no 
payment  shall  be  made  from  the  State  Treasury,  or  be  in  any 
way  authorized,  to  any  person,  except  to  an  acting  officer  or 
employe  elected  or  appointed  in  pursuance  of  law. 

Sec.  11.     Extra  Compensation  Prohibited.     Claims  Against 

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ARTICLE  III.— Sec.   12-17. 

the  State.  No  bill  shall  be  passed  giving  any  extra  compensa- 
tion to  any  public  officer,  servant,  employe,  agent  or  con- 
tractor, after  services  shall  have  been  rendered  or  contract 
made,  nor  providing  for  the  payment  of  any  claim  against  the 
Commonwealth  without  previous  authority  of  law. 

Sec.  12.  Public  Printing  and  Supplies.  All  stationery, 
printing  paper  and  fuel  used  in  the  legislative  and  other  de- 
partments of  government  shall  be  furnished,  and  the  printing, 
binding  and  distributing  of  the  laws,  journals,  department  re- 
ports, and  all  other  printing  and  binding,  and  the  repairing 
and  furnishing  the  halls  and  rooms  used  for  the  meetings  of 
the  General  Assembly  and  its  committees,  shall  be  performed 
under  contract  to  be  given  to  the  lowest  responsible  bidder 
below  such  maximum  price  and  under  such  regulations  as  shall 
be  prescribed  by  law ;  no  member  or  officer  of  any  department 
of  the  government  shall  be  in  any  way  interested  in  such  con- 
tracts, and  all  such  contracts  shall  be  subject  to  the  approval 
of  the  Governor,  Auditor  General  and  State  Treasurer. 

Sec.  13.  Extension  of  Terms  and  Increase  or  Diminishment 
of  Compensation  Prohibited.  No  law  shall  extend  the  term  of 
any  public  officer,  or  increase  or  diminish  his  salary  or  emolu- 
ments, after  his  election  or  appointment. 

Sec.  14.  Revenue  Bills.  All  bids  for  raising  revenue  shall 
originate  in  the  House  of  Representatives,  but  the  Senate  may 
propose  amendments  as  in  other  bills. 

Sec.  15.  Appropriation  Bills.  The  general  appropriation 
bill  shall  embrace  nothing  but  appropriations  for  the  ordinary 
expenses  of  the  executive,  legislative  and  judicial  depart- 
ments of  the  Commonwealth,  interest  on  the  public  debt  and 
for  public  schools ;  all  other  appropriations  shall  be  made  by 
separate  bills,  each  embracing  but  one  subject. 

Sec.  16.  Paying  out  Public  Moneys.  No  money  shall  be 
paid  out  of  the  treasury,  except  upon  appropriations  made  by 
law,  and  on  warrant  drawn  by  the  proper  officer  in  pursuance 
thereof. 

Sec.  17.  Appropriations  to  Charitable  and  Educational  In- 
stitutions.    No  appropriation  shall  be  made  to  any  charitable 

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ARTICLE    III.— Sec.     18-22. 

or  educational  institution  not  under  the  absolute  control  of 
the  Commonwealth,  other  than  normal  schools  established 
by  law  for  the  professional  training-  of  teachers  for  the  pub- 
lic schools  of  the  State,  except  by  a  vote  of  two-thirds  of  all 
the  members  elected  to  each  House. 

No.  18.  Certain  Appropriations  Forbidden.  No  appro- 
priations, except  for  pensions  or  gratuities  for  military  ser- 
vices, shall  be  made  for  charitable,  educational  or  benevolent 
purposes,  to  any  person  or  community,  nor  to  any  denomina- 
tional or  sectarian  institution,  corporation  or  association. 

Sec.  19.  Appropriations  for  Support  of  Widows  and  Or- 
phans of  Soldiers.  The  General  Assembly  may  make  appro- 
priations of  money  to  institutions  wherein  the  widows  of  sol- 
diers are  supported  or  assisted,  or  the  orphans  of  soldiers  are 
maintained  and  educated ;  but  such  appropriation  shall  be  ap- 
plied exclusively  to  the  support  of  such  widows  and  orphans. 

Sec.  20.  Special  Municipal  Commissions  Prohibited.  The 
General  Assembly  shall  not  delegate  to  any  special  commis- 
sion, private  corporation  or  association,  any  power  to  make, 
supervise  or  interfere  with  any  municipal  improvement, 
money,  property  or  effects,  whether  held  in  trust  or  otherwise, 
or  to  levy  taxes  or  perform  any  municipal  function  whatever. 

Sec.  21.  Damages  for  Injuries  to  Person  or  Property.  No 
act  of  the  General  Assembly  shall  limit  the  amount  to  be  re- 
covered for  injuries  resulting  in  death,  or  for  injuries  to  per- 
sons or  property;  and,  in  case  of  death  from  such  injuries,  the 
right  of  action  shall  survive,  and  the  General  Assembly  shall 
prescribe  for  whose  benefit  such  actions  shall  be  prosecuted. 
No  act  shall  prescribe  any  limitations  of  time  within  which 
suits  may  be  brought  against  corporations  for  injuries  to  per- 
sons or  property,  or  for  other  causes  different  from  those  fixed 
by  general  laws  regulating  actions  against  natural  persons, 
and  such  acts  now  existing  are  avoided. 

Sec.  22.  Investment  of  Trust  Funds.  No  act  of  the  Gen- 
eral Assembly  shall  authorize  the  investment  of  trust  funds  by 
executors,  administrators,  guardians  or  other  trustees,  in  the 
bonds  or  stock  of  any  private  corporation,  and  such  acts  now 
existing  are  avoided,  saving  investments  heretofore  made. 

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ARTICLE  III.— Sec.  23-29. 

Sec.  23.  Change  of  Venue.  The  power  to  change  the  venue 
in  civil  and  criminal  cases  shall  be  vested  in  the  courts,  to  be 
exercised  in  such  manner  as  shall  be  provided  by  law. 

Sec.  24.  Corporate  Obligations  Owned  by  State.  No  ob- 
ligation or  liability  of  any  railroad  or  other  corporation,  held 
or  owned  by  the  Commonwealth,  shall  ever  be  exchanged, 
transferred,  remitted  postponed  or  in  any  way  diminished  by 
the  General  Assembly,  nor  shall  such  liability  or  obligation  be 
released,  except  by  payment  thereof  into  the  State  Treasury. 

Sec.  25.  Legislation  During  Special  Session.  When  the 
General  Assembly  shall  be  convened  in  special  session,  there 
shall  be  no  legislation  upon  subjects  other  than  those  desig- 
nated in  the  proclamation  of  the  Governor  calling  such  session. 

Sec.  26.  Concurrent  Resolutions,  &c,  to  be  Presented  to 
Executive.  Every  order,  resolution  or  vote,  to  which  the  con- 
currence of  both  Houses  may  be  necessary,  except  on  the  ques- 
tion of  adjournment,  shall  be  presented  to  the  Governor,  and 
before  it  shall  take  effect  be  approved  by  him,  or  being  disap- 
proved, shall  be  repassed  by  two-thirds  of  both  Houses,  ac- 
cording to  the  rules  and  limitations  prescribed  in  case  of  a  bill. 

Sec.  27.  State  Inspection  of  Merchandise  Prohibited.  No 
State  office  shall  be  continued  or  created  for  the  inspection  or 
measuring  of  any  merchandise,  manufacture  or  commodity, 
but  any  county  or  municipality  may  appoint  such  officers 
when  authorized  by  law. 

Sec.  28.  Change  of  Location  of  State  Capital.  No  law 
ohanging  the  location  of  the  capital  of  the  State  shall  be  valid 
until  the  same  shall  have  been  submitted  to  the  qualified 
electors  of  the  Commonwealth  at  a  general  election,  and  rati- 
fied and  approved  by  them. 

Sec.  29.  Bribery  of  Members  of  Legislature.  A  member 
of  the  General  Assembly  who  shall  solicit,  demand  or  receive, 
or  consent  to  receive,  directly  or  indirectly,  for  himself  or  for 
another,  from  any  company,  corporation  or  person,  any 
money,  office,  appointment,  employment,  testimonial,  reward, 
thing  of  value  or  enjoyment,  or  of  personal  advantage,  or 
promise  thereof,  for  his  vote  or  official  influence,  or  for  with- 
holding the  same,  or  with  an  understanding,  expressed  or  im- 

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ARTICLE  III— Sec.   30-32. 


plied,  that  his  vote  or  official  action  shall  be  in  any  way  in- 
fluenced thereby,  or  who  shall  solicit  or  demand  any  such 
money  or  other  advantage,  matter  or  thing-  aforesaid  for 
another,  as  the  consideration  of  his  vote  or  official  influence, 
or  for  withholding  the  same,  or  shall  give  or  withhold  his 
vote  or  influence  in  consideration  of  the  payment  or  promise 
of  such  money,  advantage,  matter  or  thing,  to  another,  shall 
be  held  guilty  of  bribery  within  the  meaning  of  this  Constitu- 
tion, and  shall  incur  the  disabilities  provided  thereby  for  said 
offense,  and  such  additional  punishment  as  is  or  shall  be  pro- 
vided by  law. 

Sec.  30.  Giving  of  Bribes.  Any  person  who  shall,  directly 
or  indirectly,  offer,  give  or  promise,  any  money,  or  thing  of 
value,  testimonial,  privilege,  or  personal  advantage,  to  any 
executive  or  judicial  officer,  or  member  of  the  General  Assem- 
bly, to  influence  him  in  the  performance  of  any  of  his  public 
or  official  duties,  shall  be  guilty  of  bribery,  and  be  punished  in 
such  manner  as  shall  be. provided  by  law. 

Sec.  31.  Corrupt  Solicitation.  The  offense  of  corrupt  solic- 
itation of  members  of  the  General  Assembly  or  of  public  offi- 
cers of  the  State  or  of  any  municipal  division  thereof,  and  any 
occupation  or  practice  of  solicitation  of  such  members  or  of- 
ficers to  influence  their  official  action,  shall  be  defined  by  law, 
and  shall  be  punished  by  fine  and  imprisonment. 

Sec.  32.  Investigation  of  Bribery  or  Corrupt  Solicitation. 
Compulsory  Testimony.  Disqualification  as  Punishment. 
Any  person  may  be  compelled  to  testify  in  any  lawful  investi- 
gation or  judicial  proceeding  against  any  person  who  may  be 
charged  with  having  committed  the  offense  of  bribery  or  cor- 
rupt solicitation,  or  practices  of  solicitation,  and  shall  not  be 
permitted  to  withhold  his  testimony  upon  the  ground  that  it 
may  criminate  himself  or  subject  him  to  public  infamy;  but 
such  testimony  shall  not  afterwards  be  used  against  him  in 
any  judicial  proceeding,  except  for  perjury  in  giving  such  testi- 
mony, and  any  person  convicted  of  either  of  the  offenses  afore- 
said shall,  as  part  of  the  punishment  therefor,  be  disqualified 
from  holding  any  office  or  position  of  honor,  trust  or  profit  in 
this  Commonwealth. 

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ARTICLE  III.— Sec.  33. 
ARTICLE  IV.— Sec.   1-4. 

Sec.  33.  Member  Interested  in  Bill  not  to  Vote.  A  mem- 
ber who  has  a  personal  or  private  interest  in  any  measure  or 
bill  proposed  or  pending  before  the  General  Assembly  shall 
disclose  the  fact  to  the  House  of  which  he  is  a  member,  and 
shall  not  vote  thereon. 

ARTICLE  IV. 
THE  EXECUTIVE. 

Sec.  1.  Executive  Department.  The  Executive  Depart- 
ment of  this  Commonwealth  shall  consist  of  a  Governor,  Lieu- 
tenant Governor,  Secretary  of  the  Commonwealth,  Attorney 
General,  Auditor  General,  State  Treasurer,  Secretary  of  In- 
ternal Affairs  and  a  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction. 

Sec.  2.  Governor.  Election.  Returns.  Contested  Election. 
The  supreme  executive  power  shall  be  vested  in  the  Governor, 
who  shall  take  care  that  the  laws  be  faithfully  executed;  he 
shall  be  chosen  on  the  day  of  the  general  election,  by  the  quali- 
fied electors  of  the  Commonwealth,  at  the  places  where  they 
shall  vote  for  Representatives.  The  returns  of  every  election 
for  Governor  shall  be  sealed  up  and  transmitted  to  the  seat  of 
government,  directed  to  the  President  of  the  Senate,  who  shall 
open  and  publish  them  in  the  presence  of  the  members  of  both 
Houses  of  the  General  Assembly.  The  person  having  the 
highest  number  of  votes  shall  be  Governor,  but  if  two  or  more 
be  equal  and  highest  in  votes,  one  of  them  shall  be  chosen 
Governor  by  the  joint  vote  of  the  members  of  both  Houses. 
Contested  elections  shall  be  determined  by  a  committee,  to  be 
selected  from  both  Houses  of  the  General  Assembly,  and 
formed  and  regulated  in  such  manner  as  shall  be  directed  by 
law. 

Sec.  3.  Governor's  Term.  The  Governor  shall  hold  his 
office  during  four  years  from  the  third  Tuesday  of  January 
next  ensuing  his  election,  and  shall  not  be  eligible  to  the  office 
for  the  next  succeeding  term. 

Sec.  4.  Lieutenant  Governor.  A  Lieutenant  Governor 
shall  be  chosen  at  the  same  time,  in  the  same  manner,  for  the 
same  term,  and  subject  to  the  same  provisions  as  the  Gover- 

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ARTICLE  IV.— Sec.  5-8. 

nor;  he  shall  be  President  of  the  Senate,  but  shall  have  no 
vote  unless  they  be  equally  divided. 

Sec.  5.  Qualifications  of  Governor  and  Lieutenant  Gover- 
nor. No  person  shall  be  eligible  to  the  office  of  Governor  or 
Lieutenant  Governor  except  a  citizen  of  the  United  States, 
who  shall  have  attained  the  age  of  thirty  years,  and  have  been 
seven  years  next  preceding  his  election  an  inhabitant  of  the 
State,  unless  he  shall  have  been  absent  on  the  public  business 
of  the  United  States  or  of  this  State. 

Sec.  6.  Disqualifications.  No  member  of  Congress  or  per- 
son holding  any  office  under  the  United  States  or  this  State 
shall  exercise  the  office  of  Governor  or  Lieutenant  Governor. 

Sec.  7.  Military  Commander.  The  Governor  shall  be  com- 
mander-in-chief of  the  army  and  navy  of  the  Commonwealth, 
and  of  the  militia,  except  when  they  shall  be  called  into  the 
actual  service  of  the  United  States. 

Sec.  8.  Appointing  Power  of  Governor.  Vacancies.  Con- 
firmation by  Senate.  He  shall  nominate  and,  by  and  with  the 
advice  and  consent  of  two-thirds  of  all  the  members  of  the  Sen- 
ate, appoint  a  Secretary  of  the  Commonwealth  and  an  Attorney 
General  during  pleasure, a  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction 
for  four  years,  and  such  other  officers  of  the  Commonwealth  as 
he  is  or  may  be  authorized  by  the  Constitution  or  by  law  to  ap- 
point; he  shall  have  power  to  fill  all  vacancies  that  may  hap- 
pen, in  offices  to  which  he  may  appoint,  during  the  recess  of  the 
Senate,  by  granting  commissions  which  shall  expire  at  the 
end  of  their  next  session ;  he  shall  have  power  to  fill  any  va- 
cancy that  may  happen,  during  the  recess  of  the  Senate,  in  the 
office  of  Auditor  General,  State  Treasurer,  Secretary  of  Inter- 
nal Affairs  or  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction,  in  a  judi- 
cial office,  or  in  any  other  elective  office  which  he  is  or  may  be 
authorized  to  fill ;  if  the  vacancy  shall  happen  during  the  ses- 
sion of  the  Senate,  the  Governor  shall  nominate  to  the  Senate, 
before  their  final  adjournment,  a  proper  person  to  fill  said  va- 
cancy ;  but  in  any  such  case  of  vacancy,  in  an  elective  office,  a 
person  shall  be  chosen  to  said  office  on  the  next  election  day 
appropriate  to  such  office  according  to  the  provisions  of  this 
Constitution,  unless  the  vacancy  shall  happen  within  two  cal- 

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ARTICLE  IV.— Sec.  9-13. 

endar  months  immediately  preceding  such  election  day,  in 
which  case  the  election  for  said  office  shall  be  held  on  the 
second  succeeding  election  day  appropriate  to  such  office.  In 
acting  on  executive  nominations  the  Senate  shall  sit  with  open 
doors,  and,  in  confirming  or  rejecting  the  nominations  of  the 
Governor,  the  vote  shall  be  taken  by  yeas  and  nays  and  shall 
be  entered  on  the  journal.  (Amendment  of  November  2, 
1909). 

Sec.  9.  Pardoning  Power.  He  shall  have  power  to  remit 
fines  and  forfeitures,  to  grant  reprieves,  commutations  of  sen- 
tence and  pardons,  except  in  cases  of  impeachment ;  but  no 
pardon  shall  be  granted,  nor  sentence  commuted,  except  upon 
the  recommendation  in  writing  of  the  Lieutenant  Governor, 
Secretary  of  the  Commonwealth,  Attorney  General  and  Secre- 
tary of  Internal  Affairs,  or  any  three  of  them,  after  full  hear- 
ing, upon  due  public  notice  and  in  open  session,  and  such  rec- 
ommendation, with  the  reasons  therefor  at  length,  shall  be 
recorded  and  filed  in  the  office  of  the  Secretary  of  the  Com- 
monwealth. 

Sec.  10.  Information  from  Department  Officials.  He  may 
require  information  in  Avriting  from  the  officers  of  the  Execu- 
tive Department,  upon  any  subject  relating  to  the  duties  of 
their  respective  offices. 

Sec.  11.  Messages  to  Legislature.  He  shall,  from  time  to 
time,  give  to  the  General  Assembly  information  of  the  state  of 
the  Commonwealth,  and  recommend  to  their  consideration 
such  measures  as  he  may  judge  expedient. 

Sec.  12.  Special  Sessions  of  Legislature.  Adjournments. 
Special  Sessions  of  Senate.  He  may,  on  extraordinary  occa- 
sions, convene  the  General  Assembly,  and  in  case  of  disagree- 
ment between  the  two  Houses  with  respect  to  the  time  of  ad- 
journment, adjourn  them  to  such  time  as  he  shall  think  pro- 
per, not  exceeding  four  months.  He  shall  have  power  to  con- 
vene the  Senate  in  extraordinary  session  by  proclamation  for 
the  transaction  of  executive  business. 

Sec.  13.  When  Lieutenant  Governor  Shall  Act.  In  case  of 
the  death,  conviction  on  impeachment,  failure  to  qualify,  resig- 
nation, or  other  disability  of  the  Governor,  the  powers,  duties 

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and  emoluments  of  the  office,  for  the  remainder  of  the  term, 
or  until  the  disability  be  removed,  shall  devolve  upon  the  Lieu- 
tenant Governor. 

Sec.  14.  Vacancy  in  Office  of  Lieutenant  Governor.  In 
case  of  a  vacancy  in  the  office  of  Lieutenant  Governor,  or  when 
the  Lieutenant  Governor  shall  be  impeached  by  the  House  of 
Representatives,  or  shall  be  unable  to  exercise  the  duties  of 
his  office,  the  powers,  duties  and  emoluments  thereof  for  the 
remainder  of  the  term,  or  until  the  disability  be  removed,  shall 
devolve  upon  the  President  pro  tempore  of  the  Senate;  and  the 
President  pro  tempore  of  the  Senate  shall  in  like  manner  be- 
come Governor  if  a  vacancy  or  disability  shall  occur  in  the 
office  of  Governor;  his  seat  as  Senator  shall  become  vacant 
whenever  he  shall  become  Governor,  and  shall  be  filled  by  elec- 
tion as  any  other  vacancy  in  the  Senate. 

Sec.  15.  Approval  of  Bills.  Veto.  Every  bill  which  shall 
have  passed  both  Houses  shall  be  presented  to  the  Governor ; 
if  he  approve  he  shall  sign  it,  but  if  he  shall  not  approve  he 
shall  return  it  with  his  objections  to  the  House  in  which  it 
shall  have  originated,  which  House  shall  enter  the  objections 
at  large  upon  their  journal,  and  proceed  to  reconsider  it.  If, 
after  such  reconsideration,  two-thirds  of  all  the  members 
elected  to  that  House  shall  agree  to  pass  the  bill,  it  shall  be 
sent  with  the  objections  to  the  other  House  by  which  like- 
wise it  shall  be  reconsidered,  and  if  approved  by  two-thirds  of 
all  the  members  elected  to  that  House  it  shall  be  a  law;  but  in 
such  cases  the  votes  of  both  Houses  shall  be  determined  by 
yeas  and  nays,  and  the  names  of  the  members  voting  for  and 
against  the  bill  shall  be  entered  on  the  journals  of  each  House, 
respectively.  If  any  bill  shall  not  be  returned  by  the  Gover- 
nor within  ten  days  after  it  shall  have  been  presented  to  him, 
the  same  shall  be  a  law  in  like  manner  as  if  he  had  signed  it, 
unless  the  General  Assembly,  by  their  adjournment,  prevent 
its  return,  in  which  case  it  shall  be  a  law,  unless  he  shall  file 
the  same  with  his  objections,  in  the  office  of  the  Secretary  of 
the  Commonwealth,  and  give  notice  thereof  by  public  procla- 
mation within  thirty  days  after  such  adjournment. 

Sec.  16.     Partial  Disapproval  of  Appropriation  Bills.     The 

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Governor  shall  have  power  to  disapprove  of  any  item  or  items 
of  any  bill,  making  appropriations  of  money,  embracing  dis- 
tinct items,  and  the  part  or  parts  of  the  bill  approved  shall  be 
the  law,  and  the  item  or  items  of  appropriation  disapproved 
shall  be  void,  unless  repassed  according  to  the  rules  and  limi- 
tations prescribed  for  the  passage  of  other  bills  over  the  Exe- 
cutive veto. 

Sec.  17.  Contested  Election  of  Governor  or  Lieutenant 
Governor.  Holding  Over.  The  Chief  Justice  of  the  Supreme 
Court  shall  preside  upon  trial  of  any  contested  election  of  Gov- 
ernor or  Lieutenant  Governor  and  shall  decide  questions  re- 
garding the  admissibility  of  evidence,  and  shall,  upon  request 
of  the  committee,  pronounce  his  opinion  upon  other  questions 
of  law  involved  in  the  trial.  The  Governor  and  Lieutenant 
Governor  shall  exercise  the  duties  of  their  respective  offices 
until  their  successors  shall  be  duly  qualified. 

Sec.  18.  Secretary  of  the  Commonwealth.  The  Secretary 
of  the  Commonwealth  shall  keep  a  record  of  all  official  acts 
and  proceedings  of  the  Governor,  and  when  required  lay  the 
same,  with  all  papers,  minutes  and  vouchers  relating  thereto, 
before  either  branch  of  the  General  Assembly,  and  perform 
such  other  duties  as  may  be  enjoined  upon  him  by  law. 

Sec.  19.  Secretary  of  Internal  Affairs.  The  Secretary  of 
Internal  Affairs  shall  exercise  all  the  powers  and  perform  all 
the  duties  of  the  Surveyor  General,  subject  to  such  changes 
as  shall  be  made  by  law.  His  department  shall  embrace  a  bu- 
reau of  industrial  statistics,  and  he  shall  discharge  such  duties 
relating  to  corporations,  to  the  charitable  institutions,  the 
agricultural,  manufacturing,  mining,  mineral,  timber  and  other 
material  or  business  interests  of  the  State  as  may  be  prescribed 
by  law.  He  shall  annually,  and  at  such  other  times  as  may 
be  required  by  law,  make  report  to  the  General  Assembly. 

Sec.  20.  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction.  The  Su- 
perintendent of  Public  Instruction  shall  exercise  all  the  powers 
and  perform  all  the  duties  of  the  Superintendent  of  Common 
Schools,  subject  to  such  changes  as  shall  be  made  by  law. 

Sec.  21.  Terms  of  Executive  Department  Officers.  Ineli- 
gibility to  Re-election.     The  terms  of  the  Secretary  of  Internal 

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ARTICLE  V.— Sec.  1-3. 

Affairs,  the  Auditor  General,  and  the  State  Treasurer  shall 
each  be  four  years;  and  they  shall  be  chosen  by  the  qualified 
electors  of  the  State  at  general  elections ;  but  a  State  Treas- 
urer, elected  in  the  year  one  thousand  nine  hundred  and  nine, 
shall  serve  for  three  years,  and  his  successors  shall  be  elected 
at  the  general  election  in  the  year  one  thousand  nine  hundred 
and  twelve,  and  in  every  fourth  year  thereafter.  No  person 
elected  to  the  office  of  Auditor  General  or  State  Treasurer 
shall  be  capable  of  holding  the  same  office  for  two  consecu- 
tive terms.     (Amendment  of  November  2,  1909). 

Sec.  22.  Seal.  Commissions.  The  present  Great  Seal  of 
Pennsylvania  shall  be  the  seal  of  the  State.  All  commissions 
shall  be  in  the  name  and  by  authority  of  the  Commonwealth 
of  Pennsylvania,  and  be  sealed  with  the  State  seal  and  signed 
by  the  Governor. 

ARTICLE  V. 
THE  JUDICIARY. 

Sec.  1.  Judicial  Power.  The  judicial  power  of  this  Com- 
monwealth shall  be  vested  in  a  Supreme  Court,  in  courts  of 
common  pleas,  courts  of  oyer  and  terminer,  and  general  jail 
delivery,  courts  of  quarter  sessions  of  the  peace,  orphans' 
courts,  magistrates'  courts,  and  in  such  other  courts  as  the 
General  Assembly  may  from  time  to  time  establish. 

Sec.  2.  Supreme  Court.  The  Supreme  Court  shall  consist 
of  seven  judges,  who  shall  be  elected  by  the  qualified  electors 
of  the  State  at  large.  They  shall  hold  their  offices  for  the 
term  of  twenty-one  years,  if  they  so  long  behave  themselves 
well,  but  shall  not  be  again  eligible.  The  judge  whose  com- 
mission shall  first  expire  shall  be  chief  justice,  and  thereafter 
each  judge  whose  commission  shall  first  expire  shall  in  turn 
be  chief  justice. 

Sec.  3.  Jurisdiction  of  Supreme  Court.  The  jurisdiction  of 
the  Supreme  Court  shall  extend  over  the  State,  and  the  judges 
thereof  shall,  by  virtue  of  their  offices,  be  justices  of  oyer  and 
terminer  and  general  jail  delivery  in  the  several  counties; 
they  shall  have  original  jurisdiction  in  cases  of  injunction 
where  a  corporation  is  a  party  defendant,  of  habeas  corpus,  of 

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mandamus  to  courts  of  inferior  jurisdiction,  and  of  quo  war- 
ranto as  to  all  officers  of  the  Commonwealth  whose  jurisdic- 
tion extends  over  the  State,  but  shall  not  exercise  any  other 
original  jurisdiction;  they  shall  have  appellate  jurisdiction  by 
appeal,  certiorari  or  writ  of  error  in  all  cases,  as  is  now  or  may 
hereafter  be  provided  by  law. 

Sec.  4.  Common  Pleas  Courts.  Until  otherwise  directed 
by  law,  the  courts  of  common  pleas  shall  continue  as  at  present 
established,  except  as  herein  changed ;  not  more  than  four 
counties  shall,  at  any  time,  be  included  in  one  judicial  district 
organized  for  said  courts. 

Sec.  5.  Judicial  Districts.  Associate  Judges.  Whenever  a 
county  shall  contain  forty  thousand  inhabitants  it  shall  consti- 
tute a  separate  judicial  district,  and  shall  elect  one  judge 
learned  in  the  law;  and  the  General  Assembly  shall  provide 
for  additional  judges,  as  the  business  of  the  said  districts  may 
require.  Counties  containing  a  population  less  than  is  suffi- 
cient to  constitute  separate  districts  shall  be  formed  into  con- 
venient single  districts,  or,  if  necessary,  may  be  attached  to 
contiguous  districts  as  the  General  Assembly  may  provide. 
The  office  of  associate  judge,  not  learned  in  the  law,  is  abol- 
ished in  counties  forming  separate  districts;  but  the  several 
associate  judges  in  office  when  this  Constitution  shall  be 
adopted  shall  serve  for  their  unexpired  terms. 

Sec.  6.  Courts  of  Common  Pleas  of  Philadelphia  and  Alle- 
gheny Counties.  In  the  county  of  Philadelphia  all  the  jurisdic- 
tion and  powers  now  vested  in  the  district  courts  and  courts 
of  common  pleas,  subject  to  such  changes  as  may  be  made  by 
this  Constitution  or  by  law,  shall  be  in  Philadelphia  vested  in 
five  distinct  and  separate  courts  of  equal  and  co-ordinate  juris- 
diction, composed  of  three  judges  each.  The  said  courts  in 
Philadelphia  shall  be  designated  respectively  as  the  court  of 
common  pleas  number  one,  number  two,  number  three,  num- 
ber four,  and  number  five,  but  the  number  of  said  courts  may 
be  by  law  increased,  from  time  to  time,  and  shall  be  in  like 
manner  designated  by  successive  numbers.  The  number  of 
judges  in  any  of  said  courts,  or  in  any  county  where  the  estab- 
lishment of  an  additional  court  may  be  authorized  by  law,  may 

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ARTICLE  V.— Sec.  7. 

be  incfeased,  from  time  to  time,  and  whenever  such  increase 
shall  amount  in  the  whole  to  three,  such  three  judges  shall 
compose  a  distinct  and  separate  court  as  aforesaid,  which 
shall  be  numbered  as  aforesaid.  In  Philadelphia  all  suits  shall 
be  instituted  in  the  said  courts  of  common  pleas  without  desig- 
nating the  number  of  the  said  court,  and  the  several  courts 
shall  distribute  and  apportion  the  business  among  them  in  such 
manner  as  shall  be  provided  by  rules  of  court,  and  each  court, 
to  which  any  suit  shall  be  thus  assigned,  shall  have  exclusive 
jurisdiction  thereof,  subject  to  change  of  venue,  as  shall  be 
provided  by  law. 

In  the  county  of  Allegheny  all  the  jurisdiction  and  powers 
now  vested  in  the  several  numbered  courts  of  common  pleas 
shall  be  vested  in  one  court  of  common  pleas,  composed  of  all 
the  judges  in  commission  in  said  courts.  Such  jurisdiction  and 
powers  shall  extend  to  all  proceedings  at  law  and  in  equity 
which  shall  have  been  instituted  in  the  several  numbered 
courts,  and  shall  be  subject  to  such  changes  as  may  be  made 
by  law,  and  subject  to  change  of  venue  as  provided  by  law. 

The  president  judge  of  said  court  shall  be  selected  as  pro- 
vided by  law.  The  number  of  judges  in  said  court  may  be  by 
law  increased  from  time  to  time.  This  amendment  shall  take 
effect  on  the  first  day  of  January  succeeding  its  adoption. 
(Amendment  of  November  7,  1911). 

Sec.  7.  Prothonotary  of  Philadelphia.  Salaries.  Fees. 
Dockets.  For  Philadelphia  there  shall  be  one  prothonotary's 
office,  and  one  prothonotary  for  all  said  courts,  to  be  appointed 
by  the  judges  of  said  courts,  and  to  hold  office  for  three  years, 
subject  to  removal  by  a  majority  of  the  said  judges;  the  said 
prothonotary  shall  appoint  such  assistants  as  may  be  neces- 
sary and  authorized  by  said  courts ;  and  he  and  his  assistants 
shall  receive  fixed  salaries,  to  be  determined  by  law  and  paid 
by  said  county ;  all  fees  collected  in  said  office,  except  such  as 
may  be  by  law  due  to  the  Commonwealth,  shall  be  paid  by  the 
prothonotary  into  the  county  treasury.  Each  court  shall  have 
its  separate  dockets,  except  the  judgment  docket  which  shall 
contain  the  judgment  and  liens  of  all  the  said  courts,  as  is  or 
may  be  directed  by  law. 

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Sec.  8.  Criminal  Courts  in  Philadelphia  and  Allegheny 
Counties.  The  said- courts  in  the  counties  of  Philadelphia  and 
Allegheny,  respectively,  shall,  from  time  to  time,  in  turn  de- 
tail one  or  more  of  their  judges  to  hold  the  courts  of  oyer  and 
terminer  and  the  courts  of  quarter  sessions  of  the  peace  of 
said  counties,  in  such  manner  as  may  be  directed  by  law. 

Sec.  9.  Powers  of  Judges  of  Common  Pleas  Courts.  Judges 
of  the  courts  of  common  pleas  learned  in  the  law  shall  be 
judges  of  the  courts  of  oyer  and  terminer,  quarter  sessions  of 
the  peace  and  general  jail  delivery,  and  of  the  orphans'  court, 
and  within  their  respective  districts  shall  be  justices  of  the 
peace  as  to  criminal  matters. 

Sec.  10.  Certiorari  to  Courts  Not  of  Record.  The  judges  of 
the  courts  of  common  pleas,  within  their  respective  counties, 
shall  have  power  to  issue  writs  of  certiorari  to  justices  of  the 
peace  and  other  inferior  courts  not  of  record,  and  to  cause  their 
proceedings  to  be  brought  before  them,  and  right  and  justice 
to  be  done. 

Sec.  11.  Justices  of  the  Peace.  Aldermen.  Term.  Resi- 
dence. Number.  Except  as  otherwise  provided  in  this  Con- 
stitution, justices  of  the  peace  or  aldermen  shall  be  elected 
in  the  several  wards,  districts,  boroughs  or  townships,  by  the 
qualified  electors  thereof,  at  the  municipal  election,  in  such 
manner  as  shall  be  directed  by  law,  and  shall  be  commissioned 
by  the  Governor  for  a  term  of  six  years.  No  township,  ward, 
district  or  borough  shall  elect  more  than  two  justices  of  the 
peace  or  aldermen  without  the  consent  of  a  majority  of  the 
qualified  electors  within  such  township,  ward  or  borough ;  no 
person  shall  be  elected  to  such  office  unless  he  shall  have  re- 
sided within  the  township,  borough,  ward  or  district  for  one 
year  next  preceding  his  election.  In  cities  containing  over 
fifty  thousand  inhabitants,  not  more  than  one  alderman  shall 
be  elected  in  each  ward  or  district.  (Amendment  of  Novem- 
ber 2,  1909). 

Sec.  12.  Magistrates'  Courts  in  Philadelphia.  Election. 
Term.  Salaries.  Jurisdiction.  In  Philadelphia  there  shall 
be  established,  for  each  thirty  thousand  inhabitants,  one 
court,  not  of  record,  of  police  and  civil  causes,  with  jurisdic- 

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ARTICLE  V.— Sec.   13-17. 

tion  not  exceeding  one  hundred  dollars ;  such  courts  shall  be 
held  by  magistrates  whose  term  of  office  shall  be  six  years,  and 
they  shall  be  elected  on  general  ticket  at  the  municipal  elec- 
tion, by  the  qualified  voters  at  large;  and  in  the  election  of 
the  said  magistrates  no  voter  shall  vote  for  more  than  two- 
thirds  of  the  number  of  persons  to  be  elected  when  more  than 
one  are  to  be  chosen ;  they  shall  be  compensated  only  by  fixed 
salaries,  to  be  paid  by  said  county;  and  shall  exercise  such 
jurisdiction,  civil  and  criminal,  except  as  herein  provided,  as  is 
now  exercised  by  aldermen,  subject  to  such  changes,  not  in- 
volving an  increase  of  civil  jurisdiction  or  conferring  political 
duties,  as  may  be  made  by  law.  In  Philadelphia  the  office  of 
alderman  is  abolished.     (Amendment  of  November  2,  1909). 

Sec.  13.  Disposition  of  Fees,  Fines,  Etc.  All  fees,  fines  and 
penalties  in  said  courts  shall  be  paid  into  the  county  treasury. 

Sec.  14.  Appeal  from  Summary  Conviction.  In  all  cases  of 
summary  conviction  in  this  Commonwealth,  or  of  judgment  in 
suit  for  a  penalty  before  a  magistrate,  or  court  not  of  record, 
either  party  may  appeal  to  such  court  of  record  as  may  be  pre- 
scribed by  law,  upon  allowance  of  the  appellate  court  or  judge 
thereof  upon  cause  shown. 

Sec.  15.  Election  of  Judges.  Term.  Removal.  All  judges 
required  to  be  learned  in  the  law,  except  the  judges  of  the 
Supreme  Court,  shall  be  elected  by  the  qualified  electors  of  the 
respective  districts  over  which  they  are  to  preside,  and  shall 
hold  their  offices  for  the  period  of  ten  years,  if  they  shall  so 
long  behave  themselves  well ;  but  for  any  reasonable  cause, 
which  shall  not  be  sufficient  ground  for  impeachment,  the  Gov- 
ernor may  remove  any  of  them  on  the  address  of  two-thirds 
of  each  House  of  the  General  Assembly. 

Sec.  16.  Voting  for  Supreme  Court  Judges.  Whenever  two 
judges  of  the  Supreme  Court  are  to  be  chosen  for  the  same 
term  of  service  each  voter  shall  vote  for  one  only,  and  when 
three  are  to  be  chosen  he  shall  vote  for  no  more  than  two: 
candidates  highest  in  vote  shall  be  declared  elected. 

Sec.  17.  Priority  of  Commission.  Should  any  two  or  more 
judges  of  the  Supreme  Court,  or  any  two  or  more  judges  of  the 
court  of  common  pleas  for  the  same  district,  be  elected  at  the 

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ARTICLE  V—  Sec.    18-22. 

same  time,  they  shall,  as  soon  after  the  election  as  convenient, 
cast  lots  for  priority  of  commission,  and  certify  the  result  to 
the  Governor,  who  shall  issue  their  commissions  in  accordance 
therewith. 

Sec.  18.  Compensation  of  Judges.  The  judges  of  the  Su- 
preme Court  and  the  judges  of  the  several  courts  of  common 
pleas,  and  all  other  judges  required  to  be  learned  in  the  law, 
shall  at  stated  times  receive  for  their  services  an  adequate 
compensation,  which  shall  be  fixed  by  law,  and  paid  by  the 
State.  They  shall  receive  no  other  compensation,  fees  or  per- 
quisites of  office  for  their  services  from  any  source,  nor  hold 
any  other  office  of  profit  under  the  United  States,  this  State  or 
any  other  State. 

Sec.  19.  Residence  of  Judges.  The  judges  of  the  Supreme 
Court,  during  their  continuance  in  office,  shall  reside  within 
this  Commonwealth;  and  the  other  judges,  during  their  con- 
tinuance in  office,  shall  reside  within  the  districts  for  which 
they  shall  be  respectively  elected. 

Sec.  20.  Chancery  Powers.  The  several  courts  of  common 
pleas,  besides  the  powers  herein  conferred,  shall  have  and  ex- 
ercise within  their  respective  districts,  subject  to  such  changes 
as  may  be  made  by  law,  such  chancery  powers  as  are  now 
vested  by  law  in  the  several  courts  of  common  pleeas  of  this 
Commonwealth,  or  as  may  hereafter  be  conferred  upon  them 
by  law. 

Sec.  21.  Duties  of  Judges.  Nisi  Prius  Courts.  Supreme 
Court  Judges.  No  duties  shall  be  imposed  by  law  upon  the 
Supreme  Court  or  any  of  the  judges  thereof,  except  such  as  are 
judicial,  nor  shall  any  of  the  judges  thereof  exercise  any  power 
of  appointment  except  as  herein  provided.  The  court  of  nisi 
prius  is  hereby  abolished,  and  no  court  of  original  jurisdiction 
to  be  presided  over  by  any  one  or  more  of  the  judges  of  the 
Supreme  Court  shall  be  established. 

Sec.  22.  Orphans'  Courts.  Registers'  Courts  Abolished.  In 
every  county  wherein  the  population  shall  exceed  one  hundred 
and  fifty  thousand,  the  General  Assembly  shall,  and  in  any 
other  county  may,  establish  a  separate  orphans'  court,  to  con- 
sist of  one  or  more  judges  who  shall  be  learned  in  the  law, 

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ARTICLE  V.— Sec.    23-26. 

which  court  shall  exercise  all  the  jurisdiction  and  powers 
now  vested  in  or  which  may  hereafter  be  conferred  upon 
the  orphans'  courts,  and  thereupon  the  jurisdiction  of  the 
judges  of  the  court  of  common  pleas  within  such  county,  in 
orphans'  court  proceedings,  shall  cease  and  determine.  In  any 
county  in  which  a  separate  orphans'  court  shall  be  established, 
the  register  of  wills  shall  be  clerk  of  such  court  and  subject  to 
its  directions,  in  all  matters  pertaining  to  his  office;  he  may 
appoint  assistant  clerks,  but  only  with  the  consent  and  ap- 
proval of  said  court.  All  accounts  filed  with  him  as  register 
or  as  clerk  of  the  said  separate  orphans'  court  shall  be  audited 
by  the  court  without  expense  to  parties,  except  where  all 
parties  in  interest  in  a  pending  proceeding  shall  nominate  an 
auditor  whom  the  court  may,  in  its  discretion,  appoint.  In 
every  county  orphans'  courts  shall  possess  all  the  powers  and 
jurisdiction  of  a  registers'  court,  and  separate  registers'  courts 
are  hereby  abolished. 

Sec.  23.  Style  of  Process.  Indictments.  The  style  of  all 
process  shall  be  "The  Commonwealth  of  Pennsylvania."  All 
prosecutions  shall  be  carried  on  in  the  name  and  by  the  au- 
thority of  the  Commonwealth  of  Pennsylvania,  and  conclude 
"against  the  peace  and  dignity  of  the  same." 

Sec.  24.  Appeal  to  Supreme  Court  in  Criminal  Cases.  In 
all  cases  of  felonious  homicide,  and  in  such  other  criminal  cases 
as  may  be  provided  for  by  law,  the  accused  after  conviction 
and  sentence  may  remove  the  indictment,  record  and  all  pro- 
ceedings to  the  Supreme  Court  for  review. 

Sec.  25.  Vacancies  in  Courts  of  Record.  Any  vacancy  hap- 
pening by  death,  resignation  or  otherwise,  in  any  court  of 
record,  shall  be  filled  by  appointment  by  the  Governor,  to  con- 
tinue till  the  first  Monday  of  January  next  succeeding  the  first 
general  election  which  shall  occur  three  or  more  months  after 
the  happening  of  such  vacancy. 

Sec.  26.  Uniform  Laws  for  Courts.  Certain  Courts  Pro- 
hibited. All  laws  relating  to  courts  shall  be  general  and  of 
uniform  operation,  and  the  organization,  jurisdiction  and  pow- 
ers of  all  courts  of  the  same  class  or  grade,  so  far  as  regulated 
by  law,  and  the  force  and  effect  of  the  process  and  judgments 

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ARTICLE  V.— Sec.  37. 
ARTICLE  VI.— Sec.  1-4. 

of  such  courts,  shall  be  uniform ;  and  the  General  Assembly  is 
hereby  prohibited  from  creating  other  courts  to  exercise  the 
powers  vested  by  this  Constitution  in  the  judges  of  the  courts 
of  common  pleas  and  orphans'  courts. 

Sec.  27.  Litigants  may  Dispense  with  Jury  Trial.  The 
parties,  by  agreement  filed,  may  in  any  civil  case  dispense  with 
trial  by  jury,  and  submit  the  decision  of  such  case  to  the  court 
having  jurisdiction  thereof,  and  such  court  shall  hear  and  de- 
termine the  same ;  and  the  Judgment  thereon  shall  be  subject  to 
writ  of  error  as  in  other  cases. 

ARTICLE  VI. 
IMPEACHMENT  AND  REMOVAL  FROM  OFFICE. 

Sec.  1.  Power  of  Impeachment.  The  House  of  Representa- 
tives shall  have  the  sole  power  of  impeachment. 

Sec.  2.  Trial  of  Impeachments.  All  impeachments  shall  be 
tried  by  the  Senate;  when  sitting  for  that  purpose  the  Sena- 
tors shall  be  upon  oath  or  affirmation ;  no  person  shall  be  con- 
victed without  the  concurrence  of  two-thirds  of  the  members 
present. 

Sec.  3.  Officers  Liable  to  Impeachment.  Judgment.  The 
Governor  and  all  other  civil  officers  shall  be  liable  to  impeach- 
ment for  any  misdemeanor  in  office,  but  judgment  in  such 
cases  shall  not  extend  further  than  to  removal  from  office  and 
disqualification  to  hold  any  office  of  trust  or  profit  under  this 
Commonwealth ;  the  person  accused,  whether  convicted  or 
acquitted,  shall  nevertheless  be  liable  to  indictment,  trial, 
judgment  and  punishment  according  to  law. 

Sec.  4.  Tenure  of  Office.  Removals  from  Office.  All  of- 
ficers shall  hold  their  offices  on  the  condition  that  they  behave 
themselves  well  while  in  office,  and  shall  be  removed  on  con- 
viction of  misbehavior  in  office  or  of  any  infamous  crime.  Ap- 
pointed officers,  other  than  judges  of  the  courts  of  record  and 
the  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction,  may  be  removed  at 
the  pleasure  of  the  power  by  which  they  shall  have  been  ap- 
pointed. All  officers  elected  by  the  people,  except  Governor. 
Lieutenant  Governor,  members  of  the  General  Assembly  and 
judges  of  the  courts  of  record  learned  in  the  law,  shall  be  re- 

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ARTICLE  VII. 

moved  by  the  Governor  for  reasonable  cause,  after  due  notice 
and  full  hearing,  on  the  address  of  two-thirds  of  the  Senate. 

ARTICLE  VII. 
OATH  OF  OFFICE. 

Sec.  1.  Official  Oath.  How  Administered.  Senators  and 
Representatives  and  all  judicial  ^tate  and  county  officers  shall, 
before  entering  on  the  duties  of  their  respective  offices,  take 
and  subscribe  the  following  oath  or  affirmation :  "I  do  solemnly 
swear  (or  affirm)  that  I  will  support,  obey  and  defend  the  Con- 
stitution of  the  United  States,  and  the  Constitution  of  this 
Commonwealth,  and  that  I  will  discharge  the  duties  of  my 
office  with  fidelity;  that  I  have  not  paid  or  contributed,  or 
promised  to  pay  or  contribute,  either  directly  or  indirectly,  any 
money  or  other  valuable  thing,  to  procure  my  nomination  or 
election  (or  appointment),  except  for  necessary  and  proper 
expenses  expressly  authorized  by  law;  that  I  have  not  know- 
ingly violated  any  election  law  of  this  Commonwealth,  or  pro- 
cured it  to  be  done  by  others  in  my  behalf;  that  I  will  not 
knowingly  receive,  directly  or  indirectly,  any  money  or  other 
valuable  thing  for  the  performance  or  non-performance  of  any 
act  or  duty  pertaining  to  my  office,  other  than  the  compensa- 
tion allowed  by  law." 

The  foregoing  oath  shall  be  administered  by  some  person 
authorized  to  administer  oaths,  and  in  the  case  of  State  officers 
and  judges  of  the  Supreme  Court,  shall  be  filed  in  the  office  of 
the  Secretary  of  the  Commonwealth,  and  in  the  case  of  other 
judicial  and  county  officers,  in  the  office  of  the  prothonotary 
of  the  county  in  which  the  same  is  taken;  any  person  refusing 
to  take  said  oath  or  affirmation  shall  forfeit  his  office ;  and  any 
person  who  shall  be  convicted  of  having  sworn  or  affirmed 
falsely,  or  of  having  violated  said  oath  or  affirmation,  shall  be 
guilty  of  perjury,  and  be  forever  disqualified  from  holding  any 
office  of  trust  or  profit  within  this  Commonwealth.  The  oath 
to  the  members  of  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives 
shall  be  administered  by  one  of  the  judges  of  the  Supreme 
Court  or  of  a  court  of  common  pleas,  learned  in  the  law,  in  the 
hall  of  the  House  to  which  the  members  shall  be  elected. 

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ARTICLE  VIII.— Sec.   1-3. 

ARTICLE   VIII. 

SUFFRAGE  AND  ELECTIONS. 

Sec.  1.  Qualifications  of  Electors.  Every  male  citizen 
twenty-one  years  of  age,  possessing  the  following  qualifica- 
tions, shall  be  entitled  to  vote  at  all  elections,  subject  however 
to  such  laws  requiring  and  regulating  the  registration  of 
electors  as  the  General  Assembly  may  enact : 

1.  He  shall  have  been  a  citizen  of  the  United  States  at  least 
one  month. 

2.  He  shall  have  resided  in  the  State  one  year  (or,  having 
previously  been  a  qualified  elector  or  native  born  citizen  of  the 
State,  he  shall  have  removed  therefrom  and  returned,  then  six 
months),  immediately  preceding  the  election. 

3.  He  shall  have  resided  in  the  election  district  where  he 
shall  offer  to  vote  at  least  two  months  immediately  preceding 
the  election. 

4.  If  twenty-two  years  of  age  and  upwards,  he  shall  have 
paid  within  two  years  a  State  or  county  tax,  which  shall  have 
been  assessed  at  least  two  months  and  paid  at  least  one  month 
before  the  election.     (Amendment  of  November  5,  1901). 

Sec.  2.  General  Elections.  The  general  election  shall  be 
held  biennially  on  the  Tuesday  next  following  the  first  Mon- 
day of  November  in  each  even-numbered  year,  but  the  Gen- 
eral Assembly  may  by  law  fix  a  different  day,  two-thirds  of 
all  the  members  of  each  House  consenting  thereto:  Provided, 
That  such  election  shall  always  be  held  in  an  even-numbered 
year.     (Amendment  of  November  2,  1909). 

Sec.  3.  Municipal  Elections.  Election  of  Judges  and 
County  Officers.  All  judges  elected  by  the  electors  of  the 
State  at  large  may  be  elected  at  either  a  general  or  municipal 
election,  as  circumstances  may  require.  All  elections  for 
judges  of  the  courts  for  the  several  judicial  districts,  and  for 
county,  city,  ward,  borough,  and  township  officers,  for  regular 
terms  of  service,  shall  be  held  on  the  municipal  election  day, 
namely,  the  Tuesday  next  following  the  first  Monday  of  No- 
vember in  each  odd-numbered  year,  but  the  General  Assem- 
bly may  by  law  fix  a  different  day,  two-thirds  of  all  the  mem- 
bers of  each  House  consenting  thereto :  Provided,  That  such 

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ARTICLE  VIIL— Sec.   4-8. 


election  shall  always  be  held  in  an  odd-numbered  year. 
(Amendment,  of  November  2,  1909.) 

Sec.  4.  Method  of  Conducting  Elections.  Secrecy.  All 
elections  by  the  citizens  shall  be  by  ballot  or  by  such  other 
method  as  may  be  prescribed  by  law :  Provided,  That  secrecy 
in  voting  be  preserved.     (Amendment  of  November  5,  1901). 

Sec.  5.  Privileges  of  Electors.  Electors  shall  in  all  cases  ex- 
cept treason,  felony  and  breach  of  surety  of  the  peace,  be  priv- 
ileged from  arrest  during  their  attendance  on  elections,  and  in 
going  to  and  returning  therefrom. 

Sec.  6.  Voting  When  Engaged  in  Military  Service.  When- 
ever any  of  the  qualified  electors  of  this  Commonwealth  shall 
be  in  actual  military  service,  under  a  requisition  from  the 
President  of  the  United  States,  or  by  the  authority  of  this  Com- 
monwealth, such  electors  may  exercise  the  right  of  suffrage  in 
all  elections  by  the  citizens,  under  such  regulations  as  are  or 
shall  be  prescribed  by  law,  as  fully  as  if  they  were  present  at 
their  usual  places  of  election. 

Sec.  7.  Uniformity  of  Election  Laws.  Registration  of 
Electors.  All  laws  regulating  the  holding  of  elections  by  the 
citizens  or  for  the  registration  of  electors  shall  be  uniform 
throughout  the  State,  but  laws  regulating  and  requiring  the 
registration  of  electors  may  be  enacted  to  apply  to  cities  only, 
provided  that  such  laws  be  uniform  for  cities  of  the  same  class. 
(Amendment  of  November  5,  190f). 

Sec.  8.  Bribery  at  Elections.  Challenging  of  Electors. 
Any  person,  who  shall  give,  or  promise  or  offer  to  give,  to  an 
elector,  any  money,  reward  or  other  valuable  consideration  for 
his  vote  at  an  election,  or  for  withholding  the  same,  or  who 
shall  give  or  promise  to  give  such  consideration  to  any  other 
person  or  party  for  such  electors'  vote  or  for  the  withholding 
thereof,  and  any  elector  who  shall  receive  or  agree  to  receive, 
for  himself  or  for  another,  any  money,  reward  or  other  valua- 
ble consideration  for  his  vote  at  an  election,  or  for  withholding 
the  same,  shall  thereby  forfeit  the  right  to  vote  at  such  elec- 
tion, and  any  elector  whose  right  to  vote  shall  be  challenged 
for  such  cause  before  the  election  officers,  shall  be  required  to 

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ARTICLE  VIII— Sec.  9-13. 

swear  or  affirm  that  the  matter  of  the  challenge  is  untrue  be- 
fore his  vote  shall  be  received. 

Sec.  9.  Violation  of  Election  Laws.  Any  person  who  shall, 
while  a  candidate  for  office,  be  guilty  of  bribery,  fraud  or  will- 
ful violation  of  any  election  law,  shall  be  forever  disqualified 
from  holding  an  office  of  trust  or  profit  in  this  Commonwealth  : 
and  any  person  convicted  of  willful  violation  of  the  election 
laws  shall,  in  addition  to  any  penalties  provided  by  law,  be  de- 
prived of  the  right  of  suffrage  absolutely  for  a  term  of  four 
years. 

Sec.  10.  Witnesses  in  Contested  Elections  and  Election  In- 
vestigations. In  trials  of  contested  elections  and  in  proceed- 
ings for  the  investigation  of  elections,  no  person  shall  be  per- 
mitted to  withhold  his  testimony  upon  the  ground  that  it  may 
criminate  himself  or  subject  him  to  public  infamy;  but  such 
testimony  shall  not  afterwards  be  used  against  him  in  any  ju- 
dicial proceedings  except  for  perjury  in  giving  such  testimony. 

Sec.  11.  Election  Districts.  Townships,  and  wards  of  cities 
or  boroughs,  shall  form  or  be  divided  into  election  districts 
of  compact  and  contiguous  territory,  in  such  manner  as  the 
court  of  quarter  sessions  of  the  city  or  county  in  which  the 
same  are  located  may  direct;  but  districts  in  cities  of  over  one 
hundred  thousand  inhabitants  shall  be  divided  by  the  courts  of 
quarter  sessions,  having  jurisdiction  therein,  whenever  at  the 
next  preceding  election  more  than  two  hundred  and  fifty  votes 
shall  have  been  polled  therein;  and  other  election  districts 
whenever  the  court  of  the  proper  county  shall  be  of  opinion 
that  the  convenience  of  the  electors  and  the  public  interests 
will  be  promoted  thereby. 

Sec.  12.  Elections  by  Persons  in  Representative  Capacity. 
All  elections  by  person  in  a  representative  capacity  shall  be 
viva  voce. 

Sec.  13.  Residence  of  Electors.  For  the  purpose  of  voting 
no  person  shall  be  deemed  to  have  gained  a  residence  by  reason 
of  his  presence,  or  lost  it  by  reason  of  his  absence,  while  em- 
ployed in  the  service,  either  civil  or  military,  of  this  State  or 
of  the  United  States,  nor  while  engaged  in  the  navigation  of 
the  waters  of  the  State  or  of  the  United  States,  or  on  the  high 

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ARTICLE  VIII.— Sec.  14-16. 

seas,  nor  while  a  student  of  any  institution  of  learning,  nor 
while  kept  in  any  poorhouse  or  other  asylum  at  public  expense, 
nor  while  confined  in  public  prison. 

Sec.  14.  Election  Officers.  District  election  boards  shall 
consist  of  a  judge  and  two  inspectors,  who  shall  be  chosen  an- 
nually by  the  citizens.  Each  elector  shall  have  the  right  to 
vote  for  the  judge  and  one  inspector,  and  each  inspector  shall 
appoint  one  clerk.  The  first  election  board  for  any  new  dis- 
trict shall  be  selected,  and  vacancies  in  election  boards  filled, 
as  shall  be  provided  by  law.  Election  officers  shall  be  priv- 
ileged from  arrest  upon  days  of  election,  and  while  engaged  in 
making  up  and  transmitting  returns,  except  upon  warrant  of  a 
court  of  record  or  judge  thereof,  for  an  election  fraud,  for 
felony,  or  for  wanton  breach  of  the  peace.  In  cities  they  may 
claim  exemption  from  jury  duty  during  their  terms  of  service. 

Sec.  15.  Disqualifications  for  Election  Officer.  No  person 
shall  be  qualified  to  serve  as  an  election  officer  who  shall  hold, 
or  shall  within  two  months  have  held,  any  office,  appointment 
or  employment  in  or  under  the  government  of  the  United 
States,  or  of  this  State,  or  of  any  city,  or  county,  or  of  any  mu- 
nicipal board,  commission  or  trust  in  any  city,  save  only  jus- 
tices of  the  peace  and  aldermen,  notaries  public  and  persons 
in  the  militia  service  of  the  State ;  nor  shall  any  election  officer 
be  eligible  to  any  civil  office  to  be  filled  at  an  election  at  which 
he  shall  serve,  save  only  to  such  subordinate  municipal  or  local 
offices,  below  the  grade  of  city  or  county  offices,  as  shall  be 
designated  by  general  law. 

Sec.  16.  Overseers  of  Elections.  The  courts  of  common 
pleas  of  the  several  counties  of  the  Commonwealth  shall  have 
power,  within  their  respective  jurisdictions,  to  appoint  over- 
seers of  election  to  supervise  the  proceedings  of  election  offi- 
cers and  to  make  report  to  the  court  as  may  be  required ;  such 
appointments  to  be  made  for  any  district  in  a  city  or  county 
upon  petition  of  five  citizens,  lawful  voters  of  such  election  dis- 
trict, setting  forth  that  such  appointment  is  a  reasonable  pre- 
caution to  secure  the  purity  and  fairness  of  elections ;  overseers 
shall  be  two  in  number  for  an  election  district,  shall  be  resi- 
dents therein,  and  shall  be  persons  qualified  to  serve  upon 

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ARTICLE  VIII.— Sec.  17. 
ARTICLE  IX.— Sec.  1-4. 

election  boards,  and  in  each  case  members  of  different  political 
parties;  whenever  the  members  of  an  election  board  shall 
differ  in  opinion  the  overseers,  if  they  shall  be  agreed  thereon, 
shall  decide  the  question  of  difference ;  in  appointing  overseers 
of  election  all  the  law  judges  of  the  proper  court,  able  to  act  at 
the  time,  shall  concur  in  the  appointments  made. 

Sec.  17.  Trial  of  Contested  Elections.  The  trial  and  deter- 
mination of  contested  elections  of  electors  of  President  and 
Vice  President,  members  of  the  General  Assembly,  and  of  all 
public  offiers,  whether  State,  judicial,  municipal  or  local,  shall 
be  by  the  courts  of  law,  or  by  one  or  more  of  the  law  judges 
thereof;  the  General  Assembly  shall,  by  general  law,  designate 
the  courts  and  judges  by  whom  the  several  classes  of  election 
contests  shall  be  tried,  and  regulate  the  manner  of  trial  and 
all  matters  incident  thereto;  but  no  such  law  assigning  juris- 
diction, or  regulating  its  exercise,  shall  apply  to  any  contest 
arising  out  of  an  election  held  before  its  passage. 

ARTICLE  IX. 

TAXATION  AND  FINANCE. 

Sec.  1.  Taxes  to  be  Uniform.  Exemptions.  All  taxes 
shall  be  uniform,  upon  the  same  class  of  subjects,  within  the 
territorial  limits  of  the  authority  levying  the  tax,  and  shall 
be  levied  and  collected  under  general  laws;  but  the  General 
Assembly  may,  by  general  laws,  exempt  from  taxation  pub- 
lic property  used  for  public  purposes,  actual  places  of  re- 
ligious worship,  places  of  burial  not  used  or  held  for  private 
or  corporate  profit,  and  institutions  of  purely  public  charity. 

Sec.  2.  Exemption  from  Taxation  Limited.  All  laws  ex- 
empting property  from  taxation,  other  than  the  property 
above  enumerated,  shall  be  void. 

Sec.  3.  Taxation  of  Corporations.  The  power  to  tax  cor- 
porations and  corporate  property  shall  not  be  surrendered  or 
suspended  by  any  contract  or  grant  to  which  the  State  shall 
be  a  party. 

Sec.  4.  Limitation  on  State  Debt.  No  debt  shall  be 
created  by  or  on  behalf  of  the  State,  except  to  supply  casual 
deficiencies  of  revenue,  repel  invasions,  suppress  insurrection. 

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ARTICLE  IX.— Sec.   5-8. 

defend  the  State  in  war,  or  to  pay  existing  debt ;  and  the  debt 
created  to  supply  deficiencies  in  revenue  shall  never  exceed 
in  the  aggregate  at  any  one  time,  one  million  of  dollars, 

Sec.  5.  Limitation  on  State  Loans.  All  laws  authorizing 
the  borrowing  of  money  by  and  on  behalf  of  the  State,  shall 
specify  the  purpose  for  which  the  money  is  to  be  used,  and  the 
money  so  borroAved  shall  be  used  for  the  purpose  specified  and 
no  other. 

Sec.  6.  State  Credit  Not  to  be  Pledged.  The  credit  of 
the  Commonwealth  shall  not  be  pledged  or  loaned  to  any 
individual,  company,  corporation  or  association,  nor  shall 
the  Commonwealth  become  a  joint  owner  or  stockholder  in 
any  company,  association  or  corporation. 

Sec.  7.  Municipalities  not  to  Become  Stockholders  in  Cor- 
porations, etc.,  nor  Loan  Credit.  The  General  Assembly 
shall  not  authorize  any  county,  city,  borough,  township  or  in- 
corporated district  to  become  a  stockholder  in  any  company, 
association  or  corporation,  or  to  obtain  or  appropriate  money 
for,  or  to  loan  its  credit  to,  any  corporation,  association,  in- 
stitution or  individual. 

Sec.  8.  Debts  of  Municipalities.  Debt  of  Philadelphia  for 
Subways,  Wharves  and  Docks.  The  debt  of  any  county, 
city,  borough,  township,  school  district,  or  other  municipality 
or  incorporated  district,  except  as  herein  provided,  shall  never 
exceed  seven  per  centum  upon  the  assessed  value  of  the  taxa- 
ble property  therein,  nor  shall  any  such  municipality  or  dis- 
trict incur  any  new  debt,  or  increase  its  indebtedness  to  an 
amount  exceeding  two  per  centum  upon  such  assessed  valua- 
tion of  property,  without  the  assent  of  the  electors  thereof  at 
a  public  election  in  such  manner  as  shall  be  provided  by  law; 
but  any  city,  the  debt  of  which  now  exceeds  seven  per  centum 
of  such  assessed  valuation,  may  be  authorized  by  law  to  in- 
crease the  same  three  per  centum,  in  the  aggregate,  at  anv 
one  time,  upon  such  valuation,  except  that  any  debt  or  debts 
hereinafter  incurred  by  the  city  and  county  of  Philadelphia 
for  the  construction  and  development  of  subways  for  transit 
purposes,  or  for  the  construction  of  wharves  and  docks,  or 
the  reclamation  of  land  to  be  used  in  the  construction  of  a 

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AETICLE  IX.— Sec.  9-11. 

system  of  wharves  and  docks,  as  public  improvements,  owned 
or  to  be  owned  by  said  city  and  county  of  Philadelphia,  and 
which  shall  yield  to  the  city  and  county  of  Philadelphia  cur- 
rent net  revenue  in  excess  of  the  interest  on  said  debt  or 
debts  and  of  the  annual  instalments  necessary  for  the  can- 
cellation of  said  debt  or  debts,  may  be  excluded  in  ascertain- 
ing the  power  of  the  city  and  county  of  Philadelphia  to  be- 
come otherwise  indebted :  Provided,  That  a  sinking  fund  for 
their  cancellation  shall  be  established  and  maintained. 
(Amendment  of  November  7,  1911). 

Sec.  9.  Municipal  Debt  Not  to  be  Assumed  by  State.  Ex- 
ceptions. The  Commonwealth  shall  not  assume  the  debt,  or 
any  part  thereof,  of  any  city,  county,  borough  or  township, 
unless  such  debt  shall  have  been  contracted  to  enable  the 
State  to  repel  invasion,  supress  domestic  insurrection,  de- 
fend itself  in  time  of  war,  or  to  assist  the  State  in  the  dis- 
charge of  any  portion  of  its  present  indebtedness. 

Sec.  10.  Tax  to  Liquidate  Municipal  Debts.  Any  county, 
township,  school  district  or  other  municipality  incurring  any 
indebtedness  shall,  at  or  before  the  time  of  so  doing,  provide 
for  the  collection  of  an  annual  tax  sufficient  to  pay  the  inter- 
est, and  also  the  principal  thereof  within  thirty  years. 

Sec.  11.  State  Sinking  Fund.  To  provide  for  the  payment 
of  the  present  State  debt,  and  any  additional  debt  contracted 
as  aforesaid,  the  General  Assembly  shall  continue  and  main- 
tain the  sinking  fund,  sufficient  to  pay  the  accruing  interest 
on  such  debt,  and  annually  to  reduce  the  principal  thereof  by 
a  sum  not  less  than  two  hundred  and  fifty  thousand  dollars; 
the  said  sinking  fund  shall  consist  of  the  proceeds  of  the  sales 
of  the  public  works  or  any  part  thereof,  and  of  the  income  or 
proceeds  of  the  sale  of  any  stocks  owned  by  the  Common- 
wealth, together  with  other  funds  and  resources  that  may  be 
designated  by  law,  and  shall  be  increased  from  time  to  time 
by  assigning  to  it  any  part  of  the  taxes  or  other  revenues  of 
the  State  not  required  for  the  ordinary  and  current  expenses 
of  government ;  and  unless  in  case  of  war,  invasion  or  insur- 
rection, no  part  of  the  said  sinking  fund  shall  be  used  or  ap- 
plied otherwise  than  in  the  extinguishment  of  the  public\debt. 

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ARTICLE  IX.— Sec.   12-14. 
ARTICLE  X. 

Sec.  12.  Surplus  State  Funds.  Investments.  The  moneys 
of  the  State,  over  and  above  the  necessary  reserve,  shall  be 
used  in  the  payment  of  the  debt  of  the  State,  either  directly  or 
through  the  sinking  fund,  and  the  moneys  of  the  sinking  fund 
shall  never  be  invested  in  or  loaned  upon  the  security  of  any- 
thing except  the  bonds  of  the  United  States  or  of  this  State. 

Sec.  13.  Reserve  Fund  Limited.  Monthly  Statements  of 
Reserve  Funds.  The  moneys  held  as  necessary  reserve  shall 
be  limited  by  law  to  the  amount  required  for  current  expenses, 
and  shall  be  secured  and  kept  as  may  be  provided  by  law. 
Monthly  statements  shall  be  published  showing  the  amount 
of  such  moneys,  where  the  same  are  deposited,  and  how  se- 
cured. 

Sec.  14.  Punishment  for  Misuse  of  State  Moneys.  The 
making  of  profit  out  of  the  public  moneys  or  using  the  same 
for  any  purpose  not  authorized  by  law  by  any  officer  of  the 
State,  or  member  or  officer  of  the  General  Assembly,  shall  be 
a  misdemeanor  and  shall  be  punished  as  may  be  provided  by 
law,  but  part  of  such  punishment  shall  be  disqualification  to 
hold  office  for  a  period  of  not  less  than  five  years. 

ARTICLE  X. 
EDUCATION. 

Sec.  1.  Public  School  System.  The  General  Assembly 
shall  provide  for  the  maintenance  and  support  of  a  thorough 
and  efficient  system  of  public  schools,  wherein  all  the  children 
of  this  Commonwealth  above  the  age  of  six  years  may  be 
educated,  and  shall  appropriate  at  least  one  million  dollars 
each  year  for  that  purpose. 

Sec.  2.  Diversion  of  School  Moneys  to  Sectarian  Schools. 
No  money  raised  for  the  support  of  the  public  schools  of  the 
Commonwealth  shall  be  appropriated  to  or  used  for  the  sup- 
port of  any  sectarian  school. 

Sec.  3.  Women  Eligible  as  School  Officers.  Women 
twenty-one  years  of  age  and  upwards  shall  be  eligible  to  any 
office  of  control  or  management  under  the  school  laws  of  this 
State. 

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ARTICLES  XI,   XII  AND  XIII.  J, 

ART/ CLE  XI. 

MILITIA. 

Sec.  1.  Militia  to  be  Organized.  Maintenance.  Exemp- 
tion from  Service.  The  freemen  of  this  Commonwealth  shall 
be  armed,  organized  and  disciplined  for  its  defense  when  and 
in  such  manner  as  may  be  directed  by  law.  The  General  As- 
sembly shall  provide  for  maintaining  the  militia  by  appropria- 
tions from  the  Treasury  of  the  Commonwealth,  and  may  ex- 
empt from  military  service  persons  having  conscientious 
scruples  against  bearing  arms 

ARTICLE  XII. 

PUBLIC   OFFICERS. 

Sec.  1.     Election  of  State  and  Local  Public  Officers.     All 

officers,  whose  selection  is  not  provided  for  in  this  Constitu- 
tion, shall  be  elected  or  appointed  as  may  be  directed  by  law : 
Provided,  That  elections  of  State  officers  shall  be  held  on  a 
general  election  day,  and  elections  of  local  officers  shall  be  held 
on  a  municipal  election  day,  except  when,  in  either  case,  spe- 
cial elections  may  be  required  to  fill  unexpired  terms. 
(Amendment  of  November  2,  1909). 

Sec.  2.  Incompatible  Officers.  No  member  of  Congress 
from  this  State,  nor  any  person  holding  or  exercising  any 
office  or  appointment  of  trust  or  profit  under  the  United 
States,  shall  at  the  same  time  hold  or  exercise  any  office  in 
this  State  to  which  a  salary,  fees  or  perquisites  shall  be  at- 
tached. The  General  Assembly  may  by  law  declare  what 
offices  are  incompatible. 

Sec.  3.  Punishment  for  Dueling.  Any  person  who  shall 
fight  a  duel  or  send  a  challenge  for  that  purpose,  or  be  aider 
or  abettor  in  fighting  a  duel,  shall  be  deprived  of  the  right  of 
holding  any  officer  of  honor  or  profit  in  this  State,  and  may 
be  otherwise  punished  as  shall  be'  prescribed  by  law. 

ARTICLE  XIII. 

NEW  COUNTIES. 

Sec.  1.  Limitation  on  Erection  of  New  Counties.  No  new 
county  shall  be  established  which  shall  reduce  any  county  to 

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ARTICLE    XIV.— Sec,    1-5. 

less  than  four  hundred  square  miles,  or  to  less  than  twenty 
thousand  inhabitants;  nor  shall  any  county  be  formed  of  less 
area,  or  containing  a  less  population;  nor  shall  any  line 
thereof  pass  within  ten  miles  of  the  county  seat  of  any 
county  proposed  to  be  divided. 

ARTICLE  XIV. 
COUNTY  OFFICERS. 

Sec.  1.  County  Officers.  County  officers  shall  consist  of 
sheriffs,  coroners,  prothonotaries,  registers  of  wills,  recorders 
of  deeds,  commisisoners,  treasurers,  surveyors,  auditors  or 
controllers,  clerks  of  the  courts,  district  attorneys,  and  such 
others  as  may  from  time  to  time  be  established  by  law;  and 
no  sheriff  or  treasurer  shall  be  eligible  for  the  term  next  suc- 
ceeding the  one  for  which  he  may  be  elected. 

Sec.  2.  Election  of  County  Officers.  Terms.  Vacancies. 
County  officers  shall  be  elected  at  the  municipal  elections  and 
shall  hold  their  offices  for  the  term  of  four  years,  beginning 
on  the  first  Monday  of  January  next  after  their  election,  and 
until  their  successors  shall  be  duly  qualified ;  all  vacancies  not 
otherwise  provided  for  shall  be  filled  in  such  manner  as  may 
be  provided  by  law.     (Amendment  of  November  2,  1909). 

Sec.  3.  Qualifications.  No  person  shall  be  appointed  to 
any  office  within  any  county  who  shall  not  have  been  a  citi- 
zen and  an  inhabitant  therein  one  year  next  before  his  ap- 
poitment,  if  the  county  shall  have  been  so  long  erected,  but 
if  it  shall  not  have  been  so  long  erected,  then  within  the 
limits  of  the  county  or  counties  out  of  which  it  shall  have  been 
taken. 

Sec.  4.  Where  Offices  Shall  be  Kept.  Prothonotaries, 
clerks  of  the  courts,  recorders  of  deeds,  registers  of  wills, 
county  surveyors  and  sheriffs,  shall  keep  their  offices  in  the 
county  town  of  the  county  in  which  they  respectively  shall 
be  officers. 

Sec.  5.  Compensation  of  County  Officers.  Fees.  The  com- 
pensation of  county  officers  shall  be  regulated  by  law,  and 
all  county  officers  who  are  or  may  be  salaried  shall  pay  all 
fees  which  they  may  be  authorized  to  receive,  into  the  treas- 

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ARTICLE  XIV.— Sec.   6-7. 
ARTICLE  XV. 

ury  of  the  county  or  State,  as  may  be  directed  by  law.  In 
counties  containing  over  one  hundred  and  fifty  thousand  in- 
habitants all  county  officers  shall  be  paid  by  salary,  and  the 
salary  of  any  such  officer  and  his  clerks,  heretofore  paid  by 
fees,  shall  not  exceed  the  aggregate  amount  of  fees  earned 
during  his  term  and  collected  by  or  for  him. 

Sec.  6.  Accountability  of  Municipal  Officers.  The  General 
Assembly  shall  provide  by  law  for  the  strict  accountability  ol 
all  county,  township  and  borough  officers,  as  well  for  the 
fees  which  may  be  collected  by  them  as  for  all  public  or  muni- 
cipal moneys  which  may  be  paid  to  them. 

Sec.  7.  County  Commissioners  and  Auditors.  Three  county 
commissioners  and  three  county  auditors  shall  be  elected,  in 
each  county  where  such  officers  are  chosen,  in  the  year  one 
thousand  nine  hundred  and  eleven  and  every  fourth  year 
thereafter;  and  in  the  election  of  said  officers  each  qualified 
elector  shall  vote  for  no  more  than  two  persons,  and  the  three 
persons  having  the  highest  number  of  votes  shall  be  elected ; 
any  casual  vacancy  in  the  office  of  county  commissioner  or 
county  auditor  shall  be  filled,  by  the  court  of  common  pleas 
of  the  county  in  which  such  vacancy  shall  occur,  by  the  ap- 
pointment of  an  elector  of  the  proper  county  who  shall  have 
voted  for  the  commissioner  or  auditor  whose  place  is  to  be 
filled.     (Amendment  of  November  2,  1909). 

ARTICLE  XV. 

C/T/ES  AND  CITY  CHARTERS. 

Sec.  1.  When  Cities  May  be  Chartered.  Cities  may  be 
chartered  whenever  a  majority  of  the  electors  of  any  town  or 
borough  having  a  population  of  at  least  ten  thousand  shall 
vote  at  any  general  election  in  favor  of  the  same. 

Sec.  2.  Debts  Incurred  by  Municipal  Commissions.  No 
debt  shall  be  contracted  or  liability  incurred  by  any  municipal 
commission,  except  in  pursuance  of  an  appropriation  pre- 
viously made  therefor  by  the  municipal  government. 

Sec.  3.  City  Sinking  Fund.  Every  city  shall  create  a  sink- 
ing fund,  which  shall  be  inviolably  pledged  for  the  payment 
of  its  funded  debt. 

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ARTICLE  XVI.— Sec.    1-7. 

ARTICLE  XVI. 

PRIVATE  CORPORATIONS. 

Sec.  1.  Certain  Unused  Charters  Void.  All  existing  char- 
ters, or  grants  of  special  or  exclusive  privileges,  under  which 
a  bona  fide  organization  shall  not  have  taken  place  and  busi- 
ness been  commenced  in  good  faith  at  the  time  of  the  adop- 
tion of  this  Constitution,  shall  thereafter  have  no  validity. 

Sec.  2.  Conditions  Imposed  on  Certain  Benefits  to  Corpora- 
tions. The  General  Assembly  shall  not  remit  the  forfeiture 
of  the  charter  of  any  corporation  now  existing,  or  alter  or 
amend  the  same,  or  pass  any  other  general  of  special  law  for 
the  benefit  of  such  corporation,  except  upon  the  condition 
that  such  corporation  shall  thereafter  hold  its  charter  subject 
to  the  provisions  of  this  Constitution. 

Sec.  3.  State's  Right  of  Eminent  Domain.  Police  Power. 
The  exercise  of  the  right  of  eminent  domain  shall  never  be 
abridged  or  so  construed  as  to  prevent  the  General  Assembly 
from  taking  the  property  and  franchises  of  incorporated  com- 
panies, and  subjecting  them  to  public  use,  the  same  as  the 
property  of  individuals;  and  the  exercise  of  the  police  power 
of  the  State  shall  never  be  abridged  or  so  construed  as  to  per- 
mit corporations  to  conduct  their  business  in  such  manner 
as  to  infringe  the  equal  rights  of  individuals  or  the  general 
well-being  of  the  State. 

Sec.  4.  Corporate  Elections.  In  all  elections  for  directors 
or  managers  of  a  corporation  each  member  or  shareholder  may 
cast  the  whole  number  of  his  votes  for  one  candidate,  or  dis- 
tribute them  upon  two  or  more  candidates,  as  he  may  prefer. 

Sec.  5.  Foreign  Corporations.  No  foreign  corporation 
shall  do  any  business  in  this  State  without  having  one  or  more 
known  places  of  business  and  an  authorized  agent  or  agents 
in  the  same  upon  whom  process  may  be  served. 

Sec.  6.  Corporate  Powers.  Real  Estate.  No  corporation 
shall  engage  in  any  business  other  than  that  expressly  au- 
thorized in  its  charter,  nor  shall  it  take  or  hold  any  real  estate 
except  such  as  may  be  necessary  and  proper  for  its  legitimate 
business. 

Sec.  7.     Stocks  and  Bonds.     Increase  of  Indebtedness.     No 

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ARTICLE  XVI.— Sec.   8-11. 


corporation  shall  issue  stocks  or  bonds  except  for  money, 
labor  done,  or  money  or  property  actually  received;  and  all 
fictitious  increase  of  stock  or  indebtedness  shall  be  void.  The 
stock  and  indebtedness  of  corporations  shall  not  be  increased 
except  in  pursuance  of  general  law,  nor  without  the  consent 
of  the  persons  holding  the  larger  amount  in  value  of  the  stock, 
first  obtained  at  a  meeting  to  be  held  after  sixty  days'  notice 
given  in  pursuance  of  law. 

Sec.  8.  Property  Taken,  Injured  or  Destroyed  by  Private 
and  Municipal  Corporations.  Municipal  and  other  corpora- 
tions and  individuals  invested  with  the  privilege  of  taking 
private  property  for  public  use  shall  make  just  compensation 
for  property  taken,  injured  or  destroyed  by  the  construction 
or  enlargement  of  their  works,  highways  or  improvements, 
which  compensation  shall  be  paid  or  secured  before  such  tak^ 
ing,  injury  or  destruction.  The  General  Assembly  is  hereby 
prohibited  from  depriving  any  person  of  an  appeal  from  any 
preliminary  assessment  of  damages  against  any  such  corpo- 
rations or  individuals  made  by  viewers  or  otherwise;  and  the 
amount  of  such  damages  in  all  cases  of  appeal  shall  on  the  de- 
mand of  either  party  be  determined  by  a  jury  according  to  the 
course  of  the  common  law. 

Sec.  9.  Banking  Laws.  Every  banking  law  shall  provide 
for  the  registry  and  countersigning,  by  an  officer  of  the  State, 
of  all  notes  or  bills  designed  for  circulation,  and  that  ample 
security  to  the  full  amount  thereof  shall  be  deposited  with  the 
Auditor  General  for  the  redemption  of  such  notes  or  bills. 

Sec.  10.  Revocation  and  Alteration  of  Corporate  Charters. 
New  Charters.  The  General  Assembly  shall  have  the  power 
to  alter,  revoke  or  annul  any  charter  of  incorporation  now  ex- 
isting and  revokable  at  the  adoption  of  this  Constitution,  or 
any  that  may  hereafter  be  created,  whenever  in  their  opinion 
it  may  be  injurious  to  the  citizens  of  this  Commonwealth,  in 
such  manner,  however,  that  no  injustice  shall  be  done  to  the 
corporators.  No  law  hereafter  enacted  shall  create,  renew  or 
extend  the  charter  of  more  than  one  corporation. 

Sec.  11.  Notice  of  Application  for  Bank  Charter.  Term. 
No  corporate  body  to  possess  banking  and  discounting  privi- 

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ARTICLE  XVI.— Sec.    12-13. 
ARTICLE  XVIL— Sec.    1-2. 

ledges  shall  be  created  or  organized  in  pursuance  of  any  law 
without  three  months'  previous  public  notice,  at  the  place  of 
the  intended  location,  of  the  intention  to  apply  for  such  privi- 
leges, in  such  manner  as  shall  be  prescribed  by  law,  nor  shall 
a  charter  for  such  privilege  be  granted  for  a  longer  period 
than  twenty  years. 

Sec.  12.  Regulation  of  Telegraph  Lines.  Any  association 
or  corporation  organized  for  the  purpose,  or  any  individual, 
shall  have  the  right  to  construct  and  maintain  lines  of  tele- 
graph within  this  State,  and  to  connect  the  same  with  other 
lines,  and  the  General  Assembly  shall,  by  general  law  of  uni- 
form operation,  provide  reasonable  regulations  to  give  full 
effect  to  this  section.  Xo  telegraph  company  shall  consoli- 
date with,  or  hold  a  controlling  interest  in  the  stock  or  bonds 
of,  any  other  telegraph  company  owning  a  competing  line,  or 
acquire,  by  purchase  or  otherwise,  any  other  competing  line 
of  telegraph. 

Sec.  13.  Meaning  of  Term  "Corporations."  The  term 
"corporations,"  as  used  in  this  article,  shall  be  construed  to  in- 
clude all  joint-stock  companies  or  associations  having  any 
of  the  powers  or  privileges  of  corporations  not  possessed  by 
individuals  or  partnerships. 

ARTICLE  XVI I. 

RAILROADS  AND   CANALS. 

Sec.  1.  To  be  Public  Highways  and  Common  Carriers. 
Connection  with  other  Lines.  All  railroads  and  canals  shall 
be  public  highways,  and  all  railroad  and  canal  companies  shall 
be  common  carriers.  Any  association  or  corporation  or- 
ganized for  the  purpose  shall  have  the  right  to  construct  and 
operate  a  railroad  between  any  points  within  this  State,  and 
to  connect  at  the  State  line  with  railroads  of  other  States. 
Every  railroad  company  shall  have  the  right  with  its  road  to 
intersect,  connect  with  or  cross  any  other  railroad ;  and  shall 
receive  and  transport  each  the  others  passengers,  tonnage  and 
cars  loaded  or  empty,  without  delay  or  discrimination. 

Sec.  2.  Stock  Transfer  Office.  Books.'  Every  railroad  and 
canal  corporation  organized  in  this  State  shall  maintain  an 

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ARTICLES  XVII.— Sec.   3-5. 

office  therein  where  transfers  of  its  stock  shall  be  made,  and 
where  its  books  shall  be  kept  for  inspection  by  any  stock- 
holder or  creditor  of  such  corporation,  in  which  shall  be  re- 
corded the  amount  of  capital  stock  subscribed  or  paid  in,  and 
by  whom,  the  names  of  the  owners  of  its  stock  and  the 
amounts  owned  by  them,  respectively,  the  transfers  of  said 
stock,  and  the  names  and  places  of  residence  of  its  officers. 

Sec.  3.  No  Discrimination  in  Service.  All  individuals, 
associations  and  corporations  shall  have  equal  right  to  have 
persons  and  property  transported  over  railroads  and  canals, 
and  no  undue  or  unreasonable  discrimination  shall  be  made  in 
charges  for,  or  in  facilities  for,  transportation  of  freight  or 
passengers,  within  the  State  or  coming  from  or  going  to  any 
other  State.  Persons  and  property  transported  jover  any 
railroad  shall  be  delivered  at  any  station  at  charges  not  ex- 
ceeding the  charges  for  transportation  of  persons  and  prop- 
erty of  the  same  class  in  the  same  direction  to  any  more  dis- 
tant station;  but  excursion  and  commutation  tickets  may  be 
issued  at  special  rates. 

Sec.  4.  Consolidation  Prohibited.  Restrictions  on  Officers. 
No  railroad,  canal  or  other  corporation,  or  the  lessees,  pur- 
chasers or  managers  of  any  railroad  or  canal  corporation,  shall 
consolidate  the  stock,  property  or  franchises  of  such  corpora- 
tion with,  or  lease,  or  purchase  the  works  or  franchises  of,  or 
in  any  way  control  any  other  railroad  or  canal  corporation 
owning  or  having  under  its  control  a  parallel  or  competing 
line ;  nor  shall  any  officer  of  such  railroad  or  canal  corporation 
act  as  an  officer  of  any  other  railroad  or  canal  corporation 
owning  or  having  the  control  of  a  parallel  or  competing  line ; 
and  the  question  whether  railroads  or  canals  are  parallel  or 
competing  lines  shall,  when  demanded  by  the  party  complain- 
ant, be  decided  by  a  jury  as  in  other  civil  issues. 

Sec.  5.  Limitation  of  Powers.  No  incorporated  company 
doing  the  business  of  a  common  carrier  shall,  directly  or  in- 
directly prosecute  or  engage  in  mining  or  manufacturing  ar- 
ticles for  transportation  over  its  works,  nor  shall  such  com- 
pany directly  or  indirectly  engage  in  any  other  business  than 
that  of  common  carriers,  or  hold  or  acquire  Jands,  freehold  or 

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leasehold,  directly  or  indirectly,  except  such  as  shall  be  nec- 
essary for  carrying  on  its  businesss ;  but  any  mining  or  manu- 
facturing company  may  carry  the  products  of  its  mines  and 
manufactories  on  its  railroad  or  canal  not  exceeding  fifty  miles 
in  length. 

Sec.  6.  Officers  not  to  be  Interested  in  Contracts.  No 
president,  director,  officer,  agent  or  employe  of  any  railroad 
or  canal  company  shall  be  interested,  directly  or  indirectly, 
in  the  furnishing  of  material  or  supplies  to  such  company,  or  in 
the  business  of  transportation  as  a  common  carrier  of  freight 
or  passengers  over-  the  works  owned,  leased,  controlled  or 
worked  by  such  company. 

Sec.  7.  Discrimination  and  Preferences  Prohibited.  No 
discrimination  in  charges  or  facilities  for  transportation  shall 
be  made  between  transportation  companies  and  individuals, 
or  in  favor  of  either,  by  abatement,  drawback  or  otherwise, 
and  no  railroad  or  canal  company,  or  any  lessee,  manager  or 
employe  thereof,  shall  make  any  preferences  in  furnishing  cars 
or  motive  power. 

Sec.  8.  Passes  Prohibited.  No  railroad,  railway  or  other 
transportation  company  shall  grant  free  passes,  or  passes  at  a 
discount,  to  any  person  except  officers  or  employes  of  the  com- 
pany. 

Sec.  9.  Street  Railways.  No  street  passesnger  railway 
shall  be  constructed  within  the  limits  of  any  city,  borough  or 
township,  without  the  consent  of  its  local  authorities. 

Sec.  10.  Acceptance  of  this  Article.  No  railroad,  canal  or 
other  transportation  company,  in  existence  at  the  time  of  the 
adoption  of  this  article,  shall  have  the  benefit  of  any  future 
legislation  by  general  or  special  laws,  except  on  condition  of 
complete  acceptance  of  all  the  provisions  of  this  article. 

Sec.  11.  Duties  of  Secretary  of  Internal  Affairs.  The  ex- 
isting powers  and  duties  of  the  Auditor  General  in  regard  to 
railroads,  canals  and  other  transportation  companies,  except 
as  to  their  accounts,  are  hereby  transferred  to  the  Secretary 
of  Internal  Affairs,  who  shall  have  a  general  supervision  over 
them,  subject  to  such  regulations  and  alterations  as  shall  be 

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ARTICLE  XVII.— Sec.   12. 
ARTICLE  XVIII. 

provided  by  law ;  and,  in  addition  to  the  annual  reports  now 
required  to  be  made,  said  Secretary  may  require  special  re- 
ports at  any  time  upon  any  subject  relating  to  the  business  of 
said  companies  from  any  officer  or  officers  thereof. 

Sec.  12.  Enforcement  of  this  Article.  The  General  Assem- 
bly shall  enforce  by  appropriate  legislation  the  provisions  of 
this  article. 

ARTICLE  XVIII. 

FUTURE  AMENDMENTS. 

Sec.  1.  How  Constitution  May  be  Amended.  Any  amend- 
ment or  amendments  to  this  Constitution  may  be  proposed 
in  the  Senate  or  House  of  Representatives ;  and,  if  the  same 
shall  be  agreed  to  by  a  majority  of  the  members  elected  to 
each  House,  such  proposed  amendment  or  amendments  shall 
be  entered  on  their  journals  with  the  yeas  and  nays  taken 
thereon,  and  the  Secretary  of  the  Commonwealth  shall  cause 
the  same  to  be  published  three  months  before  the  next  gen- 
eral election,  in  at  least  two  newspapers  in  every  county  in 
which  such  newspapers  shall  be  published ;  and  if,  in  the  Gen- 
eral Assembly  next  afterwards  chosen,  such  proposed  amend- 
ment or  amendments  shall  be  agreed  to  by  a  majority  of  the 
members  elected  to  each  House,  the  Secretary  of  the  Com- 
monwealth shall  cause  the  same  again  to  be  published  in  the 
manner  aforesaid ;  and  such  proposed  amendment  or  amend- 
ments shall  be  submitted  to  the  qualified  electors  of  the  State 
in  such  manner,  and  at  such  time  at  least  three  months  after 
being  so  agreed  to  by  the  two  Houses,  as  the  General  Assem- 
bly shall  prescribe;  and,  if  such  amendment  or  amendments 
shall  be  approved  by  a  majority  of  those  voting  thereon,  such 
amendment  or  amendments  shall  become  a  part  of  the  Con- 
stitution ;  but  no  amendment  or  amendments  shall  be  sub- 
mitted oftener  than  once  in  five  years.  When  two  or  more 
amendments  shall  be  submitted  they  shall  be  voted  upon 
separately. 


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SCHEDULE  NO.    1. 

(SCHEDULE  No-  1 .) 

(Adopted  with  the  Constitution). 

That  no  inconvenience  may  arise  from  the  changes  in  the 
Constitution  of  the  Commonwealth,  and  in  order  to  carry  the 
same  into  complete  operation,  it  is  hereby  declared,  that: 

Sec.  1.  When  to  take  Effect.  This  Constitution  shall  take 
effect  on  the  first  day  of  January,  in  the  year  one  thousand 
eight  hundred  and  seventy-four,  for  all  purposes  not  other- 
wise provided  for  therein. 

Sec.  2.  Former  Laws  Remain  in  Force.  All  laws  in  force 
in  this  Commonwealth  at  the  time  of  the  adoption  of  this 
Constitution,  not  inconsistent  therewith,  and  all  rights, 
actions,  prosecutions  and  contracts,  shall  continue  as  if  this 
Constitution  had  not  been  adopted. 

Sec.  3.  Election  of  Senators.  At  the  general  election  in 
the  years  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  seventy-four  and 
one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  seventy-five.  Senators  shall  be 
elected  in  all  districts  where  there  shall  be  vacancies.  Those 
elected  in  the  year  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  seventy- 
four  shall  serve  for  two  years,  and  those  elected  in  the  year 
one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  seventy-five  shall  serve  for 
one  year.  Senators  now  elected  and  those  whose  terms  are 
unexpired  shall  represent  the  districts  in  which  they  reside 
until  the  end  of  the  terms  for  which  they  were  elected. 

Sec.  4.  Election  of  Senators  (continued).  At  the  general 
election  in  the  year  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  seventy- 
six.  Senators  shall  be  elected  from  even  numbered  districts  to 
serve  for  two  years,  and  from  odd  numbered  districts  to  serve 
for  four  years. 

Sec.  5.  Election  of  Governor.  The  first  election  of  Gover- 
nor under  this  Constitution  shall  be  at  the  general  election  in 
the  year  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  seventy-five,  when 
a  Governor  shall  be  elected  for  three  years;  and  the  term  of 
the  Governor  elected  in  the  year  one  thousand  eight  hundred 
and  seventy-eight  and  of  those  thereafter  elected  shall  be  for 
four  years,  according  to  the  provisions  of  this  Constitution. 

Sec.  6.     Election  of  Lieutenant  Governor.     At  the  general 

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SCHEDULE  NO.   1. 

election  in  the  year  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  seventy- 
four  a  Lieutenant  Governor  shall  be  elected  according  to  the 
provisions  of  this  Constitution. 

Sec.  7.  Secretary  of  Internal  Affairs.  The  Secretary  of 
Internal  Affairs  shall  be  elected  at  the  first  general  election 
after  the  adoption  of  this  Constitution ;  and  when  the  said 
officer  shall  be  duly  elected  and  qualified,  the  office  of  Sur- 
veyor General  shall  be  abolished.  The  Surveyor  General  in 
office  at  the  time  of  the  adoption  of  this  Constitution  shall 
continue  in  office  until  the  expiration  of  the  term  for  which  he 
was  elected. 

Sec.  8.  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction.  When  the 
Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction  shall  be  duly  qualified 
the  office  of  Superintendent  of  Common  Schools  shall  cease. 

Sec.  9.  Eligibility  of  Present  Officers.  Nothing  contained 
in  this  Constitution  shall  be  construed  to  render  any  person 
now  holding  any  State  office  for  a  first  official  term  ineligible 
for  re-election  at  the  end  of  such  term. 

Sec.  10.  Judges  of  Supreme  Court.  The  judges  of  the  Su- 
preme Court  in  office  when  this  Constitution  shall  take  effect 
shall  continue  until  their  commissions  severally  expire.  Two 
judges  in  addition  to  the  number  now  composing  the  said 
court  shall  be  elected  at  the  first  general  election  after  the 
adoption  of  this  Constitution. 

Sec.  11.  Courts  of  Record.  All  courts  of  record  and  all 
existing  courts  which  are  not  specified  in  this  Constitution 
shall  continue  in  existence  until  the  first  day  of  December,  in 
the  -year  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  seventy-five,  with- 
out abridgment  of  their  present  jurisdiction,  but  no  longer. 
The  court  of  first  criminal  jurisdiction  for  the  counties  of 
Schuylkill,  Lebanon  and  Dauphin  is  hereby  abolished,  and  all 
causes  and  proceedings  pending  therein  in  the  county  of 
Schuylkill  shall  be  tried  and  disposed  of  in  the  courts  of  oyer 
and  terminer  and  quarter  sessions  of  the  peace  of  said  county. 

Sec.  12.  Registers'  Courts  Abolished.  The  registers'  courts 
now  in  existence  shall  be  abolished  on  the  first  day  of  January 
next  succeeding  the  adoption  of  this  Constitution. 

Sec.  13.     Judicial  Districts.     The  General  Assembly  shall, 

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SCHEDULE  NO.    1. 


at  the  next  sesssion  after  the  adoption  of  this  Constitution,  de- 
signate the  several  judicial  districts  as  required  by  this  Con- 
sitution.  The  judges  in  commission  when  such  designation 
shall  be  made  shall  continue  during  their  unexpired  terms 
judges  of  the  new  districts  in  which  they  reside;  but,  when 
there  shall  be  two  judges  residing  in  the  same  district,  the 
president  judge  shall  elect  to  which  district  he  shall  be  as- 
signed and  the  additional  law  judge  shall  be  assigned  to  the 
other  district. 

Sec.  14.  Decennial  Adjustment  of  Judicial  Districts.  The 
General  Assembly  shall,  at  the  next  succeeding  session  after 
each  decennial  census  and  not  oftener,  designate  the  Several 
judicial  districts  as  required  by  this  Constitution. 

Sec.  15.  Judges  in  Commission.  Judges  learned  in  the 
law  of  any  court  of  record  holding  commissions  in  force  at 
the  adoption  of  this  Constitution  shall  hold  their  respective 
offices  until  the  expiration  of  the  terms  for  which  they  were 
commissioned,  and  until  their  successors  shall  be  duly  qual- 
ified. The  Governor  shall  commission  the  president  judge  of 
the  court  of  first  criminal  jurisdiction  for  the  counties  of 
Schuylkill,  Lebanon  and  Dauphin  as  a  judge  of  the  court  of 
common  pleas  of  Schuylkill  county,  for  the  unexpired  term 
of  his  office. 

Sec.  16.  President  Judges.  Casting  Lots.  Associate 
Judges.  After  the  expiration  of  the  term  of  any  president 
judge  of  any  court  of  common  pleas,  in  commission  at  the 
adoption  of  this  Constitution,  the  judge  of  such  court  learned 
in  the  law  and  oldest  in  commission  shall  be  the  president 
judge  thereof;  and  when  two  or  more  judges  are  elected  at 
the  same  time  in  any  judicial  district  they  shall  decide  by  lot 
which  shall  be  president  judge;  but  when  a  president  judge  of 
a  court  shall  be  re-elected  he  shall  continue  to  be  president 
judge  of  that  court.  Associate  judges  not  learned  in  the  law, 
elected  after  the  adoption  of  this  Constitution,  shall  be  com- 
missioned to  hold  their  offices  for  the  term  of  five  years  from 
the  first  day  of  January  next  after  their  election. 

Sec.  17.  Compensation  of  Judges.  The  General  Assembly, 
at  the  first  session  after  the  adoption  of  this  Constituion,  shall 

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SCHEDULE  NO.   1. 

fix  and  determine  the  compensation  of  the  judges  of  the  Su- 
preme Court  and  of  the  judges  of  the  several  judicial  districts 
of  the  Commonwealth ;  and  the  provisions  of  the  fifteenth  sec- 
tion of  the  article  on  legislation  shall  not  be  deemed  inconsist- 
ent herewith.  Nothing  contained  in  this  Constitution  shall 
be  held  to  reduce  the  compensation  now  paid  to  any  law  judge 
of  this  Commonwealth  now  in  commission. 

Sec.  18.  Courts  of  Philadelphia  and  Allegheny  Counties. 
Organization  in  Philadelphia.  The  courts  of  common  pleas 
in  the  counties  of  Philadelphia  and  Allegheny  shall  be  com- 
posed of  the  present  judges  of  the  district  court  and  court  of 
common  pleas  of  said  counties  until  their  ofhces  shall  severally 
end,  and  of  such  other  judges  as  may  from  time  to  time  be 
selected.  For  the  purpose  of  first  organization  in  Philadel- 
phia the  judges  of  the  court  number  one  shall  be  Judges  Alli- 
son, Pierce  and  Paxson;  of  the  court  number  two,  Judges 
Hare,  Mitchell  and  one  other  judge  to  be  elected;  of 
the  court  number  three,  Judges  Ludlow,  Finletter  and  Lyn-d ; 
and  of  the  court  number  four,  Judges  Thayer,  Briggs  and  one 
other  judge  to  be  elected.  The  judge  first  named  shall  be  the 
president  judge  of  said  courts  respectively,  and  thereafter  the 
president  judge  shall  be  the  judge  oldest  in  commission;  but 
any  president  judge  re-elected  in  the  same  court  or  district, 
shall  continue  to  be  president  judge  thereof.  The  additional 
judges  for  courts  numbers  two  and  four  shall  be  voted  for  and 
elected  at  the  first  general  election  after  the  adoption  of  this 
Constitution,  in  the  same  manner  as  the  two  additional  judges 
of  the  Supreme  Court,  and  they  shall  decide  by  lot  to  which 
court  they  shall  belong.  Their  term  of  office  shall  commence 
on  the  first  Monday  of  January,  in  the  year  one  thousand 
eight  hundred  and  seventy-five. 

Sec.  19.  Organization  of  Courts  in  Allegheny  County. 
In  the  county  of  Allegheny,  for  the  purpose  of  first  organiza- 
tion under  this  Constitution,  the  judges  of  the  court  of  com- 
mon pleas,  at  the  time  of  the  adoption  of  this  Constitution, 
shall  be  the  judges  of  the  court  number  one,  and  the  judges 
of  the  district  court,  at  the  same  date,  shall  be  the  judges  of 
the   common   pleas    number   two.     The   president   judges   of 

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SCHEDULE  NO.    1. 

the  common  pleas  and  district  court  shall  be  president  judge 
of  said  courts  number  one  and  two  respectively,  until  their 
offices  shall  end;  and  thereafter  the  judge  oldest  in  commis- 
sion shall  be  president  judge;  but  any  president  judge  re- 
elected in  the  same  court  or  district,  shall  continue  to  be 
president  judge  thereof. 

Sec.  20.  When  Re-organization  of  Courts  to  Take  Effect. 
The  organization  of  the  courts  of  common  pleas  under  this 
Constitution  for  the  counties  of  Philadelphia  and  Allegheny 
shall  take  effect  on  the  first  Monday  of  January,  one  thousand 
eight  hundred  and  seventy-five,  and  existing  courts  in  said 
counties  shall  continue  with  their  present  powers  and  juris- 
diction until  that  date,  but  no  new  suits  shall  be  instituted 
in  the  courts  of  nisi  prius  after  the  adoption  of  this  Consti- 
tution. 

Sec.  21.  Causes  Pending  in  Philadelphia.  Transfer  of 
Records.  The  causes  and  proceedings  pending  in  the  court 
of  nisi  prius,  court  of  common  pleas,  and  district  court  in  Phil- 
adelphia, shall  be  tried  and  disposed  of  in  the  court  of  com- 
mon pleas.  The  records  and  dockets  of  said  courts  shall  be 
transferred  to  the  prothonotary's  office  of  said  county. 

Sec.  22.  Causes  Pending  in  Allegheny  County.  The 
causes  and  proceedings  pending  in  the  court  of  common  pleas 
in  the  county  of  Allegheny  shall  be  tried  and  disposed  of  in 
the  court  number  one ;  and  the  causes  and  proceedings  pend- 
ing in  the  district  court  shall  be  tried  and  disposed  of  in  the 
court  number  two. 

Sec.  23.  Prothonotary  of  Philadelphia  County.  The  pro- 
thonotary  of  the  court  of  common  pleas  of  Philadelphia  shall 
be  first  appointed  by  the  judges  of  said  court  on  the  first  Mon- 
day of  December  in  the  year  one  thousand  eig-ht  hundred  and 
seventy-five,  and  the  present  prothonotary  of  the  district 
court  in  said  county  shall  be  the  prothonotary  of  the  said 
court  of  common  pleas  until  said  date  when  his  commission 
shall  expire,  and  the  present  clerk  of  the  court  of  oyer  and 
terminer  and  quarter  sessions  of  the  peace  in  Philadelphia 
shall  be  the  clerk  of  such  court  until  the  expiration  of  his  pres- 

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SCHEDULE  NO.  1. 

ent  commission  on  the  first  Monday  of  December,  in  the  year 
one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  seventy-five. 

Sec.  24.  Aldermen.  In  cities  containing  over  fifty  thou- 
sand inhabitants,  except  Philadelphia,  all  aldermen  in  office 
at  the  time  of  the  adoption  of  this  Constitution  shall  continue 
in  office  until  the  expiration  of  their  commissions,  and  at  the 
election  for  city  and  ward  officers  in  the  year  one  thousand 
eight  hundred  and  seventy-five  one  alderman  shall  be  elected 
in  each  ward  as  provided  in  this  Constitution. 

Sec.  25.  Magistrates  in  Philadelphia.  In  Philadelphia 
magistrates  in  lieu  of  aldermen  shall  be  chosen  as  required 
in  this  Constitution,  at  the  election  in  said  city  for  city  and 
ward  officers  in  the  year  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  sev- 
enty-five; their  term  of  office  shall  commence  on  the  first 
Monday  of  April  succeeding  their  election.  The  terms  of 
office  of  aldermen  in  said  city  holding  or  entitled  to  commis- 
sions at  the  time  of  the  adoption  of  this  Constitution  shall  not 
be  affected  thereby. 

Sec.  26.  Term  of  Present  Officers.  All  persons  in  office 
in  this  Commonwealth  at  the  time  of  the  adoption  of  this  Con- 
stitution, and  at  the  first  election  under  it,  shall  hold  their  re- 
spective offices  until  the  term  for  which  they  have  been  elected 
or  appointed  shall  expire,  and  until  their  successors  shall  be 
duly  qualified,  unless  otherwise  provided  in  this  Constitution. 

Sec.  27.  Oath  of  Office.  The  seventh  article  of  this  Con- 
stitution prescribing  an  oath  of  office  shall  take  effect  on  and 
after  the  first  day  of  January,  one  thousand  eight  hundred 
and  seventy-five. 

Sec.  28.  County  Commissioners  and  Auditors.  The  terms 
of  office  of  county  commissioners  and  county  auditors,  chosen 
prior  to  the  }'ear  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  seventy- 
five,  which  shall  not  have  expired  before  the  first  Monday  of 
January,  in  the  year  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  seventy- 
six,  shall  expire  on  that  day. 

Sec.  29.  Compensation  of  Present  Officers.  All  State, 
county,  city,  ward,  borough  and  township  officers  in  office  at 
the  time  of  the  adoption  of  this  Constitution,  whose  compen- 
sation is  not  provided  for  by  salaries  alone,  shall  contine  to  re- 

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ceive  the  compensation  allowed  them  by  law  until  the  expira- 
tion of  their  respective  terms  of  office. 

Sec.  30.  Renewal  of  Oath  of  Office.  All  State  and  judicial 
officers  heretofore  elected,  sworn,  affirmed,  or  in  office  when 
this  Constitution  shall  take  effect,  shall  severally,  within  one 
month  after  such  adoption,  take  and  subscribe  an  oath,  or  affir- 
mation, to  support  this  Constitution. 

Sec.  31.  Enforcing  Legislation.  The  General  Assembly 
at  its  first  session,  or  as  soon  as  may  be  after  the  adoption  of 
this  Constitution,  shall  pass  such  laws  as  may  be  necessary 
to  carry  the  same  into  full  force  and  effect. 

Sec.  32.  An  Ordinance  Declared  Valid.  The  ordinance 
passed  by  this  Convention,  entitled  "An  ordinance  for  sub- 
mitting the  amended  Constitution  of  Pennsylvania  to  a  vote 
of  the  electors  thereof,"  shall  be  held  to  be  valid  for  all  the 
purposes  thereof. 

Sec.  33.  City  Commissioners  of  Philadelphia.  The  words 
"county  commissioners,"  wherever  used  in  this  Constitution 
and  in  any  ordinance  accompanying  the  same,  shall  be  held 
to  include  the  commissioners  for  the  city  of  Philadelphia. 


(SCHEDULE  No.  2.) 

(Amendments  of  November^,  1909.) 

Sec.  1.  Adjustments  of  Terms  of  Public  Officers  to  Amend- 
ments of  1909. 

That  no  inconvenience  may  arise  from  the  changes  in  the 
Constitution  of  the  Commonwealth,  and  in  order  to  carry 
the  same  into  complete  operation,  it  is  hereby  declared  that — 

In  the  case  of  officers  elected  by  the  people,  all  terms  of 
office  fixed  by  act  of  Assembly  at  an  odd  number  of  years  shall 
each  be  lengthened  one  year,  but  the  Legislature  may  change 
the  length  of  the  term,  provided  the  terms  for  which  such 
officers  are  elected  shall  always  be  for  an  even  number  of 
years. 

The  above  extension  of  official  terms  shall  not  affect  officers 
elected  at  the  general  election  of  one  thousand  nine  hundred 

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SCHEDULE  NO.  2. 

and  eight;  nor  any  city,  ward,  borough,  township,  or  election 
division  officers,  whose  terms  of  office,  under  existing  law, 
end  in  the  year  one  thousand  nine  hundred  and  ten. 

In  the  year  one  thousand  nine  hundred  and  ten  the  munici- 
pal election  shall  be  held  on  the  third  Tuesday  of  February  as 
heretofore;  but  all  officers  chosen  at  that  election  to  an  office 
the  regular  term  of  which  is  two  years,  and  also  all  election 
officers  and  assessors  chosen  at  that  election,  shall  serve  until 
the  first  Monday  of  December  in  the  year  one  thousand  nine 
hundred  and  eleven.  All  officers  chosen  at  that  election  to 
offices  the  term  of  which  is  now  four  years,  or  is  made  four 
years  by  the  operation  of  these  amendments  or  this  schedule, 
shall  serve  until  the  first  Monday  of  December  in  the  year 
one  thousand  nine  hundred  and  thirteen.  All  justices  of  the 
peace,  magistrates,  and  aldermen,  chosen  at  that  election, 
shall  serve  until  the  first  Monday  of  December  in  the  year  one 
thousand  nine  hundred  and  fifteen.  After  the  year  nineteen 
hundred  and  ten,  and  until  the  Legislature  shall  otherwise  pro- 
vide, all  terms  of  city,  ward,  borough,  township,  and  election 
division  officers  shall  begin  on  the  first  Monday  of  December 
in  an  odd-numbered  year. 

All  city,  ward,  borough,  and  township  officers  holding  office 
at  the  date  of  the  approval  of  these -amendments,  whose  terms 
of  office  may  end  in  the  year  one  thousand  nine  hundred  and 
eleven,  shall  continue  to  hold  their  offices  until  the  first  Mon- 
day of  December  of  that  year. 

All  judges  of  the  courts  for  the  several  judicial  districts, 
and  also  all  county  officers,  holding  office  at  the  date  of  the 
approval  of  these  amendments,  whose  terms  of  office  may  end 
in  the  year  one  thousand  nine  hundred  and  eleven,  shall  con- 
tinue to  hold  their  offices  until  the  first  Monday  of  January, 
one  thousand  nine  hundred  and  twelve. 


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LEGISLATION 

PROHIBITED   IN  PENNSYLVANIA 

ANALYTIGALLY  INDEXED. 


(59) 


(60) 


PROHIBITED  LEGISLATION. 

ADOPTION  of  children,  Local  01  special  law  authorizing,    ..  III-7 

AGENT,  puhlic,  Giving  extra  compensation  to,  after  services 

shall  have  been  rendered  or  contract  made,    111-11 

ALDERMEN,  Local  or  special  law  regulating  the  practice 
or  jurisdiction  of,  or  changing  the  rules  of  evidence 
in  any  judicial  proceeding  or  inquiry  before,    III-7 

ALDERMEN,    Regulating  the   fees   or  extending   the   powers 

and  duties  of,  by  local  or  special  law,    III-7 

ALLEYS,    Local  or  special   law  authorizing  the   laying  out, 

opening,  altering  or  maintaining,    III-7 

ALLEYS,   Special  or  local  law  vacating,    . . : III-7 

ALTERATION  of  charter  of  corporation  existing  in  1873, 
except  upon  the  condition  that  such  corporation  shall 
thereafter  hold  its  charter  subject  to  the  provisions 
of  the  state  constitution XVI-2 

AMENDING  a  law  by  title  only,    III-6 

AMENDING,  renewing  or  extending  charters  of  corpora- 
tions by  local  or  special  law ,    III-7 

AMENDMENT  to  charter  of  corporation  existing  in  1S73,  ex- 
cept upon  condition  that  such  corporation  shall  there- 
after hold  its  charter  subject  to  the  provisions  of  the 
state    constitution ,      XVI-2 

AMENDMENTS  to  constitution,    Authorizing  submission  of, 

oftener  than  once  in  five  years,    XVIII-1 

APPORTIONMENT,    Dividing    ward,    borough    or    township 

in  forming  senatorial  district,    II-1G 

APPORTIONMENT    (Representative).     Giving    district    more 

than    four    representatives ,     11-17 

APPORTIONMENT  (Senatorial).  Dividing  county  unless  en- 
titled  to    two   or  more   senators 11-16 

APPORTIONMENT  (Senatorial).  Giving  City  or  county 
greater  representation  than  one-sixth  of  whole  num- 
ber of  senate ,    11-16 

APPROPRIATION  of  money,  except  for  pensions  or  gratui- 
ties for  military  services,  to  any  person  or  com- 
munity for  charitable,  educational,  or  benevolent  pur- 
poses, or  to  any  denominational  or  sectarian  institu- 
tion ,  corporation  or  association ,    111-18 

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PROHIBITED  LEGISLATION. 

APPROPRIATION  of  money  to  any  charitable  or  educational 
institution  not  under  the  absolute  control  of  the  Com- 
monwealth, other  than  State  normal  schools,  ex- 
cept by  a  two-thirds  vote  of  all  the  members  elected 
to  each  House,    II 1-17 

APPROPRIATION  of  school  money  to  sectarian  school,    ....  X-2 

ARBITRATORS,  Local  or  special  law  regulating  the  practice 
or  jurisdiction  of,  or  changing  the  rules  of  evidence 
in     any  judicial  proceeding  or  inquiry  before,    III-7 

ARMS,    Impairing   right   of   citizens    to   bear,    in    defense   of 

themselves .      . '. 1-21 

ASSOCIATION.     See  also  appropriation. 

ASSOCIATION,    Granting   to,    by  local   or  special   law,    the 

right  to  law  down  a  railroad  track,    III-7 

ASSOCIATION,   Local  or  special  law  granting  any  special  or 

exclusive  privilege  or  immunity  to,    III-7 

ASSUMING  the  debt,  or  any  part  thereof,  of  any  city, 
county,  borough,  or  township,  unless  such  debt  shall 
have  been  contracted  to  enable  the  State  to  repel  inva- 
sion, suppress  domestic  insurrection,  defend  itself  in 
time  of  war,  or  to  assist  the  State  in  the  discharge 
of  any  portion  of  its  present  indebtedness,    IX-9 

ATTAINDER,    Any  law  forfeiting  estate  in  case  of,    1-19 

ATTAINTING  any   person  of  treason  or  felony, 1-18 

AUDITORS,  Local  or  special  law  regulating  the  practice  or 
jurisdiction  of,  or  changing  the  rules  of  evidence  in 
any  judicial  proceeding  or  inquiry  before,    1 1 1-7 

AUTHORIZING  any  county,  city,  borough,  township,  or  in- 
corporated district  to  become  a  stockholder  in  any 
company,    association   or  corporation,     IX-7 

AUTHORIZING  any  county,  city,  borough,  township  or 
incorporated  district  to  obtain  or  appropriate  credit 
for,  or  to  loan  its  credit  to,  any  corporation,  insti- 
tution or  individual ,    IX-7 

AUTHORIZING  by  local  or  special  law  the  adoption  or  legiti- 
mation  of  children,    , III-7 

AUTHORIZING  by  local  or  special  law  the  creation,  exten- 
sion   or   impairing   of   liens,     III-7 

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PROHIBITED  LEGISLATION. 

AUTHORIZING  the  investment  of  trust  funds  by  executors, 
administrators,  guardians  or  other  trustees,  in  the 
bonds  or  stock  of  any  private  corporation,    1 1 1-22 

AUTHORIZING  by  local  or  special  law  the  laying  out,  open- 
ing, altering  or  maintaining,  roads,  highways, 
streets   or   alleys ,     III-7 

BANKING  and  discounting  corporation,   Granting  charter  to, 

for   more    than    twenty    years XVI-11 

BOROUGH,  Authorizing  any,  to  become  a  stockholder  in  any 

company,    association  or  corporation,    1X-7 

BOROUGH,  Authorizing  any,  to  obtain  or  appropriate  money 
for,  or  to  loan  its  credit  to,  any  corporation,  associa- 
tion,   institution   or  individual,    IX-7 

BOROUGH  limits,   Local  or  special  law  changing,    III-7 

BOROUGH,    Local    or    special    law    prescribing    powers    and 

duties  of  officers  in,    HI-7 

BOROUGH,    Any  local   or  special  law  regulating  affairs  of,  III-7 

BOROUGH,   new,   Any  local  or  special  law  erecting,    III-7 

BRIDGE  companies,    Any  special  or  local   law  incorporating 

(except    over    State    boundary    streams),     III-7 

BRIDGES,   Any  special  or  local  law  relating  to  (except  over 

State    boundary    streams) ,     II 1-7 

BUILDING  or  repairing  of  school  houses,  Local  or  special 
law  regulating,  or  regulating  the  raising  of  money 
for  such  purposes , 111-7 

CEMETERIES  (other  than  State),   Any  local  or  special  law 

relating    to ,     .  .  . 1 1 1-7 

CHANGING   by   local   or   special    law    the   charter   of   cities, 

towns   or  villages ,    II1-7 

CHANGING  county  lines  by  any  local  or  special  law,    ....  II 1-7 

CHANGING  county  seats,   by  any  local  or  special  law,    ....  III-7 

CHANGING  by  any  local  or  special  law  the  law  of  descent 

or   succession ,     III-7 

CHANGING  by  any  local  or  special  law  the  method  for  the 

collection    of   debts ,     III-7 

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PROHIBITED  LEGISLATION. 

CHANGING  the  methods  for  the  enforcing  of  judgments,  Loeal 

or    special    law,     III-7 

CHANGING  by  any  local  or  special  law  the  names  of  persons 

or   places ,     III-7 

CHANGING  by  any  local  or  special  law  the  rules  of  evidence 
in  any  judicial  proceeding  or  inquiry  before  courts, 
aldermen,  justices  of  the  peace,  sheriffs,  commission- 
ers, arbitrators,  auditors,  masters  in  chancery,  or 
other    tribunals ,     III-7 

CHANGING  township  lines,  borough  limits  or  school  dis- 
tricts,   by  any  local  or  special  law    ,  III-7 

CHANGING  venue  in  civil  or  criminal  cases  by  any  local  or 

special    law , III-7 

CHARITABLE  or  educational  institution  not  under  the  abso- 
lute control  of  the  Commonwealth,  appropriating 
money  to  (other  than  State  normal  schools)  except  by  a 
two-thirds  vote  of  all  members  elected  to  each  House,  111-17 

CHARTER  of  banking  corporation,   Granting,  for  more  than 

twenty  years ,    X VI-11 

CHARTER  of  corporation,  Any  local  or  special  law  amend- 
ing,  renewing  or  extending,    III-7 

CHARTER  of  corporation  existing  in  1873,  Remission  of  for- 
feiture of,  or  alteration  of,  or  amendment  to,  except 
on  the  condition  that  such  corporation  shall  thereafter 
hold  its  charter  subject  to  the  provisions  of  the  State 
Constitution ,    XVI-2 

CHARTERS  of  cities',   towns  or  villages,  Any  local  or  special 

law  changing,    III-7 

CHILDREN,  Any  local  or  special  law  authorizing  the  adoption 

or  legitimation  of,    III-7 

CITY,  Any  local  or  special  law  changing  charter  of,   III-7 

CITY,  Any  local  or  special  law  incorporating,   III-7 

CITY,  Any  local  or  special  law  prescribing  powers  and  duties 

of    officers  in , III-7 

CITY,  Any  local  or  special  law  regulating  affairs  of,    III-7 

CITY,  Authorizing  any,  to  become  stockholder  in  any  com- 
pany,  association  or  corporation,    IX-7 

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PROHIBITED   LEGISLATION. 

CITY,  Authorizing  any,  to  obtain  or  appropriate  money  for, 
or  to  loan  its  credit  to,  any  corporation,  association 
institution    or   individual ,  IX-7 

CLAIM  against  the  Commonwealth,  providing  for  the  payment 

of,  without  previous  authority  of  law,    III-ll 

COLLECTION  of  debts,  Any  local  or  special  law  providing  or 

changing  methods  for,    III-7 

CONDUCTING  elections,  Any  local  or  special  law  for,    III-7 

CONFERRING  provisions  of  a  law  by  title  only, III-6 

CONSTABLES,  Regulating  the  fees  of  or  extending  the  powers 

and  duties  of,  by  local  or  special  law,    III-7 

CONSTITUTION,    amendments    to,    Authorizing    submission 

of,    oftener  than  once  in  five  years,    XVIII-1 

COMMISSIONERS,  Any  local  or  special  law  regulating  the 
practice  or  jurisdiction  of,  or  changing  the  rules  of 
evidence  in  any  judicial  proceeding  or  inquiry  be- 
fore,   III-7 

COMMUNITY,  Appropriating  money  to,  for  charitable,  edu- 
cational or  benevolent  purposes  (except  for  pensions 
or  gratuities   for   military   services) ,     111-18 

COMPENSATION.     See  also  Salary:  Emoluments. 

COMPENSATION  (extra),  Any  law  giving,  to  any  public 
officer,  servant,  employe,  agent  or  contractor,  after 
services  shall  have  been   rendered  or  contract  made,  III-ll 

COMPENSATION  for  General  Assembly  other  than  salary  and 

mileage ,    II-8 

CONTINUING  or  creating  any  State  office  for  the  inspec- 
tion or  measuring  of  any  merchandise,  manufacture  or 
commodity ,     111-27 

CONTRACTOR,  Giving  extra  compensation  to,  after  con- 
tract  made    or   services    rendered,     III-ll 

CONTRACTS,    Impairing  obligation   of,    1-17 

CORPORATION,  Abridging  police  powers  of  State  so  as  to 
permit  corporations  to  infringe  equal  rights  of  in- 
dividuals or  the  general  well-being  of  the  State,    ....  XVI-3 

65 

5 


PROHIBITED  LEGISLATION. 

CORPORATION,  Abridging  State's  right  to  take  property  ami 

franchises  of,  for  public  use  by  eminent  domain,   ....  XVI-Ji 

CORPORATION,    Abridging  State's  right  to  tax, IX-3 

CORPORATION,  Any  law  prescribing  limitations  of  time 
within  which  suits  may  be  brought  against,  for  in- 
juries to  persons  or  property,  or  for  other  causes 
different  from  those  fixed  by  general  laws  regulating 
actions  against  natural  persons,    J 1 1-2 1 

CORPORATION,  Any  local  or  special  law  creating,  or  amend- 
ing,   renewing,   or  extending  the  charters  thereof,    ..  111-7 

CORPORATION,  Creating,  renewing,  or  extending  charter  of 

more  than  one,    by  one   law, XVI-10 

CORPORATION,  Exchanging,  transferring,  remitting,  post- 
poning, diminishing,  or  releasing  obligation  or  lia- 
bility of  (held  or  owned  by  the  Commonwealth)  except 
by   payment   thereof  into   the   State  Treasury, II 1-24 

CORPORATION  existing  in  1873,  Remission  of  forfeiture  of 
charter  of,  altering  or  amending  charter  of,  or  pas- 
sage of  any  general  or  special  law  for  the  benefit  of, 
except  upon  the  condition  that  such  corporation  shall 
thereafter  hold  its  charter  subject  to  the  provisions  of 
the  State  constitution,    XVI-2 

CORPORATION,    Granting  by  local  or  special  law  the  right 

to  lay  down  a  railroad  track,    II 1-7 

CORPORATION,    Local  or  special  law  granting  any  special 

or  exclusive  privilege  or  immunity  to,    III-7 

CORPORATION    with    banking    and    discounting    privileges, 

Granting  charter  to,  for  more  than  twenty  years,    ..  XVI-11 

CORRUPTION  of  blood  by  reason  of  attainder,    1-19 

COUNTY,    Any  local  or  special   law  prescribing  powers  aud 

duties  of  officers  in,    111-7 

COUNTY,  Any  local  or  special  law  regulating  affairs  of,    III-7 

COUNTY,    Authorizing  any   to  become  a  stockholder  in   any 

company,    association  or  corporation,    IX-7 

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PROHIBITED  LEGISLATION. 

COUNTY,  Authorizing  any,  to  obtain  or  appropriate  money 
for,  or  to  loan  its  credit  to,  any  corporation,  asso- 
ciation,  institution  or  individual, IX-7 

COUNTY  lines,   Local  or  special  law  changing,    III-7 

COUNTY   (new),   Any  local   or  special  law   erecting,    I1T-7 

COUNTY  (new),  Establishment  of,  having  less  than  four  hun- 
dred square  miles  or  less  than  twenty  thousand  in- 
habitants,   XIII-1 

COUNTY  (new),  Establishment  of,  which  shall  reduce  any 
county  to  less  than  four  hundred  square  miles,  or  to 
less   than    twenty   thousand   inhabitants,     XIII-1 

COUNTY  (new),  Authorizing  line  of,  to  pass  within  ten  miles 

of  county  seat  of  county  proposed  to  be  divided,    ....  XIII-1 

COUNTY  officers,  Law  recompensing  other  than  by  salary,  in 
counties  having  over  one  hundred  fifty  thousand  in- 
habitants   XIV-5 

COUNTY  seats,  Any  local  or  special  law  locating  or  changing,  III-7 

COURT,  presided  over  by  one  or  more  of  the  judges  of  the  Su- 
preme Court,   any  law  establishing,    V-21 

COURT,  exercising  powers  vested  in  the  judges  of  the  common 

pleas  and  orphans'  courts,  Creation  of  special, V-20 

COURT,  Any  local  or  special  law  regulating  the  practice  or 
jurisdiction  of,  or  changing  the  rules  of  evidence  in, 
any  judicial   proceeding  or  inquiry  before,    III-7 

CREATING  any  State  office  for  the  inspection  or  measuring  of 

any   merchandise,    manufacture   or   commodity,     ....  111-27 

CREATING  corporations,  or  amending,  renewing  or  extending   . 

charters  thereof,  "by  local  or  special  law,    III-7 

CREATING  debt  by  or  on  behalf  of  State,  except  to  supply 
casual  deficiencies  of  revenue,  repel  invasions,  sup- 
press insurrection,  defend  the  State  in  war,  or  to  pay 
existing  debt ,    c.  IX-4 

CREATING  offices  by  local  or  special  law,    III-7 

CREATING,  renewing  or  extending  charter  of  more  than  one 

corporation  in  one  law,    XVI-10 

CREDIT  of  the  Commonwealth ,  Pledging  or  loaning  to  any  in- 
dividual,   company,    corporation  or  association IX-6 

CRUEL   punishments ,    Inflicting, 1-13 

67 


PROHIBITED  LEGISLATION. 

DEBT,  Creating  by  or  on  behalf  of  State,  except  to  supply 
casual  deficiencies  of  revenue,  repel  invasions,  sup- 
press insurrection,  defend  the  State  in  war,  or  to  pay 
existing   debt ,     IX- 

DEBT,    Exceeding  one   million   dollars    to   supply   deficiencies 

in   revenue ,     IX- 

DEBT,  or  any  part  thereof,  of  any  city,  county,  borough  or 
township,  Assuming  by  the  Commonwealth,  unless 
such  debt  shall  have  been  contracted  to  enable  the 
State  to  repel  invasion,  suppress  domestic  insurrec- 
tion, defend  itself  in  time  of  war,  or  to  assist  the 
State  in  the  discharge  of  any  portion  of  its  present 
indebtedness ,      IX- 

DEBTS,  Any  local  or  special  law  providing  or  changing  meth- 
ods for  collection  of,    III- 

DELEGATIXG  to  any  special  commission,  private  corporation 
or  association,  any  power  to  make,  supervise  or  in- 
terfere with  any  municipal  improvement,  money, 
property  or  effects,  whether  held  in  trust  or  other- 
wise, or  to  levy  taxes  or  perform  any  municipal  func- 
tion whatever,    III-2 

DENOMINATIONAL    or    sectarian    institution,     corporal  ion 

or  association,    Appropriating  money  to,    III-1 

DEPRIVING  any  person  of  right  of  appeal  from  preliminary 
assessment  of  damages  for  property  taken  by  right 
of  eminent  domain ,    

DESCENT,  Any  local  Or  special  law  changing  law  of,    

DIMINISHING  or  increasing  salary  or  emoluments  of  public 

officer  after  his  election  or  appointment,    III-l 

DISABILITY,  Estates  of  persons  under,  Any  local  or  special 
law  affecting,  may  be  passed  only  after  due  notice  to 
all  parties  in  interest,  to  be  recited  in  the  special 
enactment ,     III- 

BISCOIJNTING    privileges,    Granting  for   more   than   twenty 

years,   a  charter  to  any  corporation  possessing XV I- 1 

DISQUALIFICATION  to  hold  office  on  account  of  religious 

sentiments ,     I- 

DTSTINCTION  (hereditary),    See  Title  of  Nobility. 

DISTRICT.     See   also  Apportionment:    School:    Election. 

68 


PROHIBITED  LEGISLATION, 


DISTRICT  (incorporated),  Authorizing  any,  to  become  a 
stockholder  in  any  company,  association  or  corpora- 
tion   IX-7 


DISTRICT  (incorporated),  Authorizing  any,  to  obtain  or 
appropriate  money  for,  or  to  loan  its  credit  to,  any 
corporation,    association,     institution    or    individual,  IX-7 


DIVORCES,   Any  local  or  special  law  granting,    II 1-7 

DUTIES  of  aldermen,   justices  of  the  peace,    magistrates  or 

constables,    Extending  by  special  or  local  law,    ....  111-7 

DUTIES  of  officers  in  counties,  cities,  boroughs,  townships, 
election  or  school  districts,  Any  local  or  special  law 
prescribing,    III-7 

EDUCATIONAL  institutions  (other  than  State  normal 
schools) ,  not  under  the  absolute  control  of  the  Com- 
monwealth, Appropriating  money* to,  except  by  a  two- 
thirds  vote  of  all  members  elected  to  each  House,    . .  111-17 

EFFECT  of  judicial  sales  of  real  estate,  Local  or  special  law 

prescribing ,    III-7 

ELECTION  districts,   Local  or  special  law  prescribing  powers 

and  duties  of  officers  in ,    III-7 

ELECTIONS,   Local  or  special  law  fixing  or  changing  voting 

place,     III-7 

ELECTIONS,  Local  or  special  law  for  opening  and  conduct- 
ing,      III-7 

EMIGRATION  from  State,   Any  law  prohibiting,    1-25 

EMINENT  DOMAIN,  Abridging  State's  right  of,  so  as  to  pre- 
vent the  State  from  taking  the  property  of  corpo- 
rations for  public  use, XVI-3 

EMINENT  DOMAIN,  Depriving  any  person  of  right  of  ap- 
peal from  preliminary  assessment  of  damages  for  prop- 
erty  taken  by  right  of,    XVI-8 

EMOLUMENTS.     See  also  Compensation:   Salary. 

EMOLUMENTS    or    salary    of    public    officer,     Increasing    or 

diminishing  after  his  election  or  appointment,    111-13 

EMPLOYE,  public,  Giving  extra  compensation  to,  after  ser- 
vices  shall  have  been   rendered,    III-ll 

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PROHIBITED  LEGISLATION. 

ENFORCING  of  judgments,  Local  or  special  legislation  pro- 
viding or  changing  methods  for,    III-7 

ERECTING  new  counties  by  local  or  special  law,    III-7 

ERECTING  new  townships  or  boroughs  by  local  or  special  law,  III-7 

ESTABLISHMENT  of  new  county  having  less  than  four  hun- 
dred square  miles  or  less  than  twenty  thousand  in- 
habitants ,    - XIII-1 

ESTABLISHMENT  of  new  county  which  shall  reduce  any 
county  to  less  than  four  hundred  square  miles  or  to 
less  than  twenty  thousand  inhabitants,    XIII-1 

ESTATES  of  minors  or  persons  under  disability,  Local  or 
special  law  affecting,  may  be  passed  only  after  due 
notice  to  all  parties  in  interest,  to  be  recited  in  the 
special   enactment,    III-7 

EVIDENCE  in  any  judicial  proceeding  or  inquiry  before 
courts,  aldermen,  justices  of  the  peace,  sheriffs,  com- 
missioners, arbitrators,  auditors,  masters  in  chan- 
cery or  other  tribunals,  Local  or  special  law  chang- 
ing rules  of,    III-7 

EXCESSIVE  fines,   Imposing,    1-13 

EXCHANGING,  transferring,  remitting,  postponing,  or 
dimi  Ishing  the  obligation  or  liability  of  any  railroad 
or  oi  ler  corporation  held  or  owned  by  the  Common- 
wealth or  releasing  same  except  by  payment  into 
the  State  Treasury,    111-24 

EXCLUSIVE  privilege  or  immunity  to  any  corporation, 
association,  or  individual,  Local  or  special  law  grant- 
ing,   III-7 

EXEMPTING,  by  local  or  special  law,  property  from  taxa- 
tion   III-7 

EXEMPTING  property  from  taxation,  other  than  public 
property  used  for  public  purposes,  actual  places  of 
religious  worship,  places  of  burial  not  used  or  held 
for  private  or  corporate  profit,  and  institutions  of 
purely  public  charity ,    ; IX-2 

EX  POST  facto  laws,    1-17 

EXTENDING,  by  local  or  special  law,  the  powers  and  duties 
of  aldermen,  justices  of  the  peace,  magistrates  or  con- 
stables,     ITT-7 

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PROHIBITED  LEGISLATION. 

EXTENDING  charter  of  more  than  one  corporation  by  one 

law,     XVI-10 

EXTENDING  charters  of  corporation  by  local  or  special  law,  III-7 

EXTENDING  provisions  of  a  law  by  title  only,    III-6 

EXTENDING  the  term  of  any  public  officer,  or  increase 
or  diminish  his  salary  or  emoluments  after  his  election 
or   appointment ,    111-13 

EXTRA  compensation,  Giving  to  any  public  officer,  servant, 
employe,  agent  or  contractor,  after  services  shall  have 
been  rendered  or  contract  made,   III-ll 

FEES  of  aldermen,  justices  of  the  peace,  magistrates  or  con- 
stables,   Regulating  by  local   or  special  law,    III-7 

FELONY,   Attainting  any  person  of,    1-18 

FERRIES,  Any  special  or  local  law  relating  to,    III-7 

FERRY  companies,  Any  special  or  local  law  incorporating,   .  .  III-7 

FINES ,    Imposing   excessive    , 1-13 

FINES,  Any  local  or  special  law  remitting,    III-7 

FIXING,   by  local  or  special  law,    the  rate  of  interest,    III-7 

FIXING  place  of  voting,  by  local  or  special  law,    III-7 

FORFEITING  estate  in  case  of  attainder  or  suicide,    1-19 

FORFEITURE  of  charter  of  corporation  existing  in  1873,  Re- 
mission of,  except  upon  the  condition  that  such  cor- 
poration shall  thereafter  hold  its  charter  subject  to 
the  provisions  of  the  State  constitution,    XVI-2 

FORFEITURES,  Any  local  or  special  law  remitting,    III-7 

FORMATION  of  new  county  having  less  than  four  hundred 

square  miles  or  twenty  thousand  inhabitants,    XII 1-1 

FREEDOM  of  press,  Restraining, 1-7 

GRANTING,  by  local  or  special  law,  to  any  corporation, 
association,  or  individual  any  special  or  exclusive 
privilege  or  immunity,  or  to  any  corporation,  associa- 
tion or  individual  the  right  to  lay  dawn  a  railroad 
track,    III-7 

GRANTING  divorces  by  local  or  special  law,    III-7 

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PROHIBITED  LEGISLATION. 

GRANTING  powers  or  privileges  in  any  case  where  the  grant- 
ing of  such  powers  and  privileges  shall  have  been  pro- 
vided for  by  general  law,  or  where  the  courts  have 
jurisdiction  to  grant  the  same  or  give  the  relief  asked 
for,     III-7 

GRAVEYARDS  (other  than  state),  Local  or  special  law  re- 
lating  to,    III-7 

HEREDITARY  distinction.     See  Title  of  nobility. 

HIGHWAYS,  Any  local  or  special  law  authorizing  the  laying 

out,   opening,   altering  or  maintaining,    . III-7 

INDIVIDUAL,  Granting  to,  by  local  or  special  law,  the  right 

to  lay  down  a  railroad  track,    III-7 

INDIVIDUAL,  Any  local  or  special  law  granting  any  special 

or  exclusive  privilege  or  immunity  to,    III-7 

INCORPORATED  DISTRICT,  Authorizing  any,  to  become  a 
stockholder  in  any  company,  association  or  corpora- 
tion,      IX-7 

INCORPORATED  DISTRICT,  Authorizing  any,  to  obtain 
or  appropriate  money  for,  or  to  loan  its  credit  to,  any 
corporation,     association,    institution    or    individual,  IX-7 

INCORPORATING  cities,  towns  or  villages  by  local  or  special 

law,     III-7 

INCORPORATING  ferry  or  bridge  companies  by  local  or  spe- 
cial law ,    III-7 

INCREASE.     See  Salary. 

INCREASING  or  diminishing  salary  or  emoluments  of  public 

officer  after  his  election  or  appointment,    111-13 

INJURIES  resulting  in  death  or  injuries  to  persons  or  prop- 
erty, Limiting  the  amount  to  be  recovered  for,   111-21 

IMMUNITY.     See  also  Privileges. 

IMMUNITY,  special  or  exclusive,  to  any  corporation,  asso- 
ciation or  individual,  Local  or  special  law  granting,   .  III-7 

IMPAIRING   obligation   of  contracts 1-17 

IMPOSING   duties   on   Supreme   Court  or  any  of  the  judges 

thereof,    except  such  as  are  judicial,    V-21 


2 


PROHIBITED  LEGISLATION. 

INQUIRY  before  courts,  aldermen,  justices  of  the  peace, 
sheriffs,  commissioners,  arbitrators,  auditors,  mas- 
ters in  chancery,  or  other  tribunal,  Local  or  special 
law  regulating  the  practice  or  jurisdiction  of,  or 
changing  the  rules  of  evidence  in,    III-7 

INSPECTION  or  measuring  of  any  merchandise,  manufacture 
or  commodity,  Continuing  or  creating  any  State  office 
for,    HI-27 

INTEREST,   rate  of,   Fixing  by  local  or  special  law,    III-7 

INVESTMENT  of  money  of  sinking  fund,  Law  authorizing, 
in  anything  except  bonds  of  the  United  States  or  of 
this  State,    IX-12 

INVESTMENT  of  trust  funds  by  executors,  administrators, 
guardians,  or  trustees  in  the  bonds  or  stock  of  any 
private  corporation,  Any  law  authorizing,    111-22 

JOINT  owner  in  any  company,    association,    or  corporation, 

Causing  the  Commonwealth  to  become,    IX-6 

JUDGES.     See  also  Court. 

JUDGES,   Giving  compensation,   fees  or  perquisites  to,   other 

than  stated  salary,    V-18 

JUDGMENTS,     Local    or    special    legislation    providing    or 

changing  methods  of  enforcing,    III-7 

JUDICIAL  proceeding  before  courts,  aldermen,  justices  of  the 
peace,  sheriffs,  commissioners,  arbitrators,  auditors, 
masters  in  chancery,  or  other  tribunal,  Local  or 
special  law  regulating  practice  or  jurisdiction  of,  or 
changing  the  rules  of  evidence  in,    III-7 

JURISDICTION  of  any  judicial  proceeding  or  inquiry  before 
courts,  aldermen,  justices  of  the  peace,  sheriffs,  com- 
missioners, arbitrators,  auditors,  masters  in  chancery 
or  other  tribunal,  Local  or  special,  law  regu- 
lating,   . III-7 

JURY,   Preventing  trial  by,    1-6 

JUSTICES  OF  THE  PEACE,  Local  or  special  law  regulating 
the  practice  or  jurisdiction  of,  or  changing  the  rules 
of  evidence  in  any  judicial  proceeding  or  inquiry  be- 
fore,   III-7 

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PROHIBITED  LEGISLATION. 

JUSTICES  OF  THE  PEACE.     Regulating  the  fees  or  extend- 

the  powers  and  duties  of,  by  local  or  special  law,    ..  11 1-7 

LABOR,  Any  local  or  special  law  regulating,    III-7 

LEGITIMATION  of  children,  Any  local  or  special  law  au- 
thorizing,       III-7 

LIABILITY  of  any  railroad  or  other  corporation,  held  or 
owned  by  the  Commonwealth,  exchanging,  transfer- 
ring, remitting,  postponing,  diminishing,  or  releas- 
ing, except  by  payment  thereof  into  the  State  Treas- 
ury,   HI-24 

LIENS,  Creation,  extension  or  impairing  of  by  local  or  spe- 
cial   law,     III-7 

LIMITATIONS  of  time  within  which  suits  may  be  brought 
against  corporations  for  injuries  to  persons  or  prop- 
erty, or  for  other  causes  different  from  those  fixed  by 
general  laws  regulating  actions  against  natural  per- 
sons,   Any  law  prescribing  the,    111-21 

LIMITING  the  amount  to  be  recovered  for  injuries  resulting 

in  death  or  for  injuries  to  persons  or  property,   111-21 

LIMITS  of  borough,    Any  local  or  special  law  changing,    ..  III-7 

LOANING  or  pledging  the  credit  of  the  Commonwealth  to  any 

individual,     company,     corporation,     or    association,  IX-G 

LOCAL  laws.     (See  particular  subject). 

LOCAL  or  special  law,  Enacting  by  partial  repeal  of  a  gen- 
eral   law, III-7 

LOCATING  or  changing  county  seats  by  local  or  special  law,  III-7 

MAGISTRATES,  Regulating  the  fees  or  extending  the  powers 

and  duties  of,  by  local  or  special  law,   III-7 

MANUFACTURING,   Any  local  or  special  law  regulating,..  III-7 

MASTERS  in  chancery,  Local  or  special  law  regulating  prac- 
tice or  jurisdiction  of,  or  changing  the  rules  of  evi- 
dence in  any  judicial  proceeding  or  inquiry  before,..  III-7 

MEASURING  of  any  merchandise,  manufacture  or  commo- 
dity,  Continuing  or  creating  any  State  office  for,    . .  111-27 

METHODS  for  the  collection  of  debts,   Local  or  special  law 

providing  or  changing, III-7 

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PROHIBITED  LEGISLATION. 

MILEAGE.     See   Salary. 

MINING,  Any  local  or  special  law  regulating III-7 

MINORS,  Local  or  special  law  affecting  estates  of,  may  be 
passed  only  after  due  notice  to  all  parties  in  interest, 
to  be  recited  in  the  special  enactment,    III-7 

MONEYS  legally  paid  into  the  treasury,  Refunding  by  local  or 

special  law ,    III-7 

MONEYS  of  the  sinking  fund,  Authorizing  investment  in  any- 
thing except  bonds  of  the  United  States  or  this  State,  IX-12 

MUNICIPALITY.     See   Borough;    City;    County;    Township. 

NAMES  of  persons  or  places,  Any  local  or  special  law  chang- 
ing   HI-7 

NEW  borough,  Any  local  or  special  law  erecting,    III-7 

NEW  counties,   Any  local  or  special  law  erecting,    III-7 

NEW  county,  Establishment  of  which  shall  reduce  any  county 
to  less  than  four  hundred  square  miles  or  to  less  than 
twenty  thousand  inhabitants,    XIII-1 

NEW  county,    Formation  of,    having  less  than  four  hundred 

square  miles  or  less  than  twenty  thousand  inhabitants,  XIII-1 

NEW  county,   Authorizing  line  of,    to  pass  within  ten  miles  t 

of  county  seat  of  county  proposed  to  be  divided,    XIII-1 

NEW  township,  Any  local  or  special  law  erecting,    III-7 

OBLIGATION  or  liability  of  any  railroad  or  other  corpora- 
tion, held  or  owned  by  the  Commonwealth,  exchang- 
ing, transferring,  remitting,  postponing,  diminishing 
or  releasing  except  by  payment  thereof  into  the 
State   Treasury,    111-24 

OFFICE,    Creating  any,    to  which   appointment   shall  be  for 

longer  period  than  good  behavior,    1-24 

OFFICER,  public,  Extending  term  of,  or  increasing  or  dimin- 
ishing his  salary  or  emoluments,  after  his  election  or 
appointment ,     111-13 

OFFICER,  public,  Giving  extra  compensation  to,  after  ser- 
vices shall  have  been  rendered ,    III-ll 

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PROHIBITED  LEGISLATION. 

OFFICERS  in  counties,  cities,  boroughs,  townships,  election 
or  school  districts,  Local  or  special  law  prescribing 
powers  and  duties  of,    III- 

OFFICERS,   Any  local  or  special  law  creating,    III- 

OPENING  and  conducting  elections,  Any  local  or  special  law 

for,    III- 

ORIGINAL  JURISDICTION.     See  Supreme  Court. 

PARTIAL  repeal  of  a  general  law,   Enacting  local  or  special 

by,    Ill- 

PAYMENT  of  any  claim  against  the  Commonwealth,  Pro- 
viding for,  without  previous  authority  of  law,    

PENALTIES,  Any  local  or  special  law  remitting,    

PERSON,  Appropriating  any  money  to,  for  charitable,  educa- 
cational  or  benevolent  purposes  (except  for  pensions  or 
gratuities  for  military   services) ,    

PERSONS,    Changing  names  of,   by  local  or  special  law,    .. 

PERSONS  under  disability,  Local  or  special  law  affecting 
estates  of,  may  be  passed  only  after  due  notice  to  all 
parties  in  interest,  to  be  recited  in  the  special  enact- 
ment ,     

PETITION  for  redress  of  grievances,  Impairing  right  of,   .... 

PLACES,   Changing  names  of,   by  local  or  special  law,    .... 

PLATS ,    town ,   Any  special  or  local  law  vacating ,    

PLEDGING  or  loaning  credit  of  Commonwealth  to  any  indi- 
vidual,  company,   corporation  or  association,    IX-G 

POLICE  powers  of  State,  Abridging,  so  as  to  permit  corpora- 
tions to  infringe  rights  of  individuals  or  the  well- 
being  of  the  State,    XVI-3 

POSTPONING  the  obligation  or  liability  of  any  railroad  or 
other  corporation,  held  or  owned  by  the  Common- 
wealth,       111-24 

POWERS  and  duties  of  aldermen,  justices  of  the  peace,  mag- 
istrates or  constables,  Extending  by  local  or  special 
law,     III-7 

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PROHIBITED  LEGISLATION. 

POWERS  and  duties  of  officers  in  counties,  cities,  boroughs, 
townships,  election  or  school  districts,  Any  special 
or  local  law  prescribing,    III-7 

POWERS  and  privileges,  Any  law  granting,  where  the  grant- 
ing of  such  powers  and  privileges  shall  have  been  pro- 
vided for  by  general  law  or  where  the  courts  have  jur- 
isdiction to  grant  the  same  or  give  the  relief  asked 
for,    III-7 

PRACTICE  of  any  judicial  proceeding  or  inquiry  before 
courts,  aldermen,  justices  of  the  peace,  sheriffs, 
commissioners,  arbitrators,  auditors,  masters  in 
chancery  or  other  tribunal,  Local  or  special  law 
regulating,     ,  III-7 

PRESCRIBING  any  limitations  of  time  within  which  suits 
may  be  brought  against  corporations  for  injuries  to 
persons  or  property,  or  for  other  causes  different  from 
those  fixed  by  general  laws,  regulating  actions  against 
natural  persons ,    111-21 

PRESCRIBING  by  local  or  special  law,   the  effect  of  judicial 

sales  of  real  estate,    III-7 

PRESCRIBING  the  powers  and  duties  of  officers  in  counties, 
cities,  boroughs,  townships,  election  or  school  dis- 
tricts,  Local  or  special  law, III-7 

PRESS ,    Restraining  freedom  of,    1-7 

PRIVILEGES,  special  or  exclusive,  Local  or  special  law, 
granting  to  any  corporation,  association  or  indi- 
vidual   III-7 

PRIVILEGES  and  immunities,  special,  Irrevocable  grants  of,  1-17 

PRIVILEGES  and*  powers,  Any  law  granting,  where  the 
granting  of  such  powers  and  privileges  shall  have  been 
provided  for  by  general  law,  or  where  the  courts  have 
jurisdiction  to  grant  the  same  or  give  the  relief  asked 
for,    III-7 

PROCEEDING,  judicial,  before  any  courts,  aldermen,  jus- 
tices of  the  peace,  sheriffs,  commisioners,  arbitra- 
tors, auditors,  masters  in  chancery  or  other  tri- 
bunals, Local  or  special  law  regulating  practice  or 
jurisdiction  of,  or  changing  the  rules  of  evidence  in,  III-7 

77 


PROHIBITED  LEGISLATION. 

PROPERTY,  Any  local  or  special  law  exempting  from  taxa- 
tion ,     

PROVIDING  for  the  payment  of  any  claim  against  the  Com- 
monwealth without   previous  authority  of  law,    

PROVIDING  or  changing  methods  for  the  collection  of  debts, 
Local   or  special   legislation ,    

PROVIDING  or  changing  methods  for  the  enforcing  of  judg- 
ments,   Local  or  special   legislation,    

PUBLIC  grounds  (other  than  State),  Any  local  or  special 
law  relating  to ,    

PUBLIC  officer,  Extending  term  of,  or  increasing  or  dimin- 
ishing his  salary  or  emoluments,  after  his  election  or 
appointment ,     

PUBLIC  officer,  Giving  extra  compensation  to,  after  services 
shall  have  been  rendered ,   

PUBLIC  school  moneys,  Appropriating  to  any  sectarian 
school ,    

PUBLIC  schools,  Regulating  the  management  of,  by  local 
or  special  law ,    , 

PUNISHMENTS,    Inflicting  cruel,    

RAILROAD,  obligation  or  liability  of,  held  or  owned  by  the 
Commonwealth,  Exchanging,  transferring,  remitting, 
postponing,  diminishing,  or  releasing,  except  by  pay- 
ment thereof  into  the  State  Treasury,    

RAILROAD  track,  Local  or  special  law  granting  to  any  cor- 
poration, association,   or  individual  the  right  to  lay, 

RAISING  of  money  for  building  or  repairing  school  houses, 
Local  or  special  law  regulating,    

RATE  of  interest,   Fixing  by  local  or  special  law,    

REAL  ESTATE,  Local  or  special  law  prescribing  effect  of 
judicial  sales  of,    

REAL  ESTATE,  Local  or  special  law  exempting  from  taxa- 
tion , ' 

REFUNDING  by  special  or  local  law  moneys  legally  paid  into 
the    treasury,     .' 

78 


PROHIBITED  LEGISLATION. 

REGULATING  affairs  of  counties,   cities,   townships,  wards, 
boroughs,   or  school  districts,    Special  or  local  legis- 
lation,      HI-7 

REGULATING  by  local  or  special  law,  the  management  of 
public  schools,  the  building  or  repairing  of  school 
houses,   and  the  raising  of  money  for  such  purposes,  11 1-7 

REGULATING   labor,    trade,    mining   or   manufacturing,    by 

local  or  special  law,    ,...-..  III-7 

REGULATING  the  fees  or  extending  the  powers  and  duties  of 
aldermen,  justices  of  the  peace,  magistrates  or  consta- 
bles,   by   local   or  special   law,    III-7 

REGULATING  the  practice  or  jurisdiction  of  any  judicial 
proceeding  or  inquiry  before  courts,  aldermen,  jus- 
tices of  the  peace,  sheriffs,  commisisoners,  arbitra- 
tors, auditors,  masters  in  chancery  or  other  tri- 
bunals,   Local  or  special     law,    III-7 

RELEASING  obligation  or  liability  of  any  railroad  or  other 
corporation  held  or  owned  by  the  Commonwealth, 
except  by  payment  thereof  into  the   State  Treasury,  111-24 

RELIGION,    Giving  preference  to  any  particular,    1-3 

RELIGIOUS  SENTIMENTS,  Any  law  disqualifying  a  per- 
son to  hold  office  on  account  of,   1-4 

REMITTING  fines,  penalties  and  forfeitures  by  local  or  spe- 
cial law,    III-7 

REMITTING  forfeiture  of  charter  of  corporation  (existing 
in  1873)  except  upon  the  condition  that  such  corpora- 
tion shall  thereafter  hold  its  charter  subject  to  the  pro- 
visions of  the  State  Constitution,   „.    ■  XVI-2 

REMITTING  the  obligation  or  liability  of  any  railroad  or 
other  corporation,  held  or  owned  by  the  Common- 
wealth ,     111-24 

RENEWING  charter  of  more  than  one  corporation  by  one  law,  XVI-10 

RENEWING  charters  of  corporations  by  local  or  special  law,  III-7 

REPAIRING  school  houses,    Local  or  special   law  regulating 

or  regulating  the  raising  of  money  for  such  purposes,  II 1-7 

REPEAL,   partial,   of  general  law,   Enacting  local  or  special 

law  by,    , HI-7 

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PROHIBITED  LEGISLATION. 

REPRESENTATIVES,   apportionment  of.     See  apportionment. 
REVIVING  a  law  by  title  only,    III-6 

RIGHT  of  citizens  to  assemble  peaceably  and  petition  for  re- 
dress of  grievances,  Any  law  impairing,    1-20 

ROADS,  Any  local  or  special  law  authorizing  the  laying  out, 

opening,    altering    or   maintaining,     III-7 

ROADS,  Any  special  or  local  law  A^acating,   III-7 

RULES  of  evidence  in  any  judicial  proceeding  or  inquiry  before 
courts,  aldermen,  justices  of  the  peace,  sheriffs,  com- 
missioners, arbitrators,  auditors,  masters  in  chan- 
cery, or  other  tribunal,  Local  or  special  law  changing,  II 1-7 

SALARY.     See  also   Compensation ;    Emoluments. 

SALARY  or  emoluments  of  public  officer,    Increasing  or  dimin- 
ishing after  his  election  or  appointment,    1 11-13 

SALARY    or   mileage,    Granting   increase   of,    to   member   of 

Assembly    during    his    term,     II-8 

SALES  (judicial)  of  real  estate,  Local  or  special  law  prescrib- 
ing the  effect  of,    III-7 

SCHOOL  districts,  Local  or  special  law  changing,    III-7 

SCHOOL  districts,  Any  local  or  special  law  prescribing  powers 

and  duties  of  officers  in,    III-7 

SCHOOL  districts,  Any  local  or  special  law  regulating  affairs 

of,    III-7 

SCHOOL  houses,  Any  local  or  special  law  regulating  the  build- 
ing or  repairing,  and  the  raising  of  money  for  such 
purposes ,    III-7 

SCHOOL,  money.     Appropriating  to  any  sectarian  school,    ..  X-2 

SCHOOLS,  public,  Regulating  the  management  of,  by  local  or 

special    law ,     III-7 

SECTARIAN    or    denominational    instiution,     corporation    or 

association,    Appropriating   money    to,     111*28 

SENATORIAL  apportionment.  See  apportionment  (sena- 
torial). 

SERVANT,  public,  Giving  extra  compensation  to,  after  ser- 
vices shall   have  been   rendered ,    III-ll 

80 


PROHIBITED  LEGISLATION. 

SHERIFFS,  Local  or  special  law  regulating  the  practice  or 
jurisdiction  of,  or  changing  the  rules  of  evidence  in 
any  judicial  proceeding  or  inquiry  before,    III-7 

SINKING  FUND,  Law  authorizing  investment  of  money  be- 
longing to,  in  anything  except  bonds  of  the  United 
States   or   of   this    State,    IX-12 

SINKING  FUND,  Using  or  applying  any  part  of,  otherwise 
than  in  the  extinguishment  of  the  public  debt,  except 
in  case  of  war,    invasion  or  insurrection,    IX-11 

SOLDIERS,     Quartering    in    any    house    without    consent    of 

owner,     1-23 

SPECIAL  COURTS  exercising  powers  of  judges  of  courts  of 

common  pleas  and  orphans'  courts,    Creation  of ,  .  .  .  V-26 

SPECIAL  LAWS.     See  particular  subject. 

SPECIAL  or  exclusive  privilege  or  immunity,  Local  or  special 
law  granting,  to  any  corporation ,  association  or  in- 
dividual   III-7 

SPECIAL  or  LOCAL  LAW,   Enacting  by  partial  repeal  of  a 

general    law ,    III-7 

SPECIAL    PRIVILEGES    and    IMMUNITIES,    Irrevocable 

grants  of ,    1-17 

SPECIAL  SESSION,  Legislation  upon  subjects  not  desig- 
nated in  the  proclamation  of  the  Governor  calling 
such  session ,    111-25 

STOCKHOLDER  in  any  company,  association  or  corpora- 
tion, Any  law  authorizing  any  county,  city,  borough, 
township  or  incorporated  district  to  become,    IX-7 

STOCKHOLDER  in  any  company,  association  or  corpora- 
tion,   Causing  the  Commonwealth  to  become,    IX-6 

STREETS,    Any  local   or  special  law  authorizing   the  laying 

out,   opening,   altering  or  maintaining,    III-7 

STREETS,  Any  special  or  local  law  vacating,    III-7 

SUCCESSION,  Any  local  or  special  law  changing  law  of,..  III-7 

SUFFRAGE,  Preventing  free  exercise  of  right  of,    1-5 

SUICIDE,   Forfeiting  estate  in  case  of 1-19 

81 
6 


PROHIBITED  LEGISLATION. 

SUPREME  COURT,  Giving  original  jurisdiction  to,  other 
than  enumerated  in  Sec.  3,  Art.  V,  of  the  Constitu- 
tion, viz.  in  cases  of  injunction  where  a  corporation 
is  party  defendant,  of  habeas  corpus,  of  mandamus 
to  courts  of  inferior  jurisdiction,  and  of  quo  war- 
ranto as  to  all  officers  of  the  Commonwealth  whose 
jurisdiction  extends  over  the  State, V-3 

SUPREME  COURT,   Giving  power  of  appointment  to,   other 

than  as  provided  in  the  Constitution,    V-21 

SUPREME  COURT,   Imposing  duties  on,   except  such  as  are 

judicial,     V-21 

SURRENDERING  the  power  to  fax  corporations  and  cor- 
porate property,  by  any  contract  or  grant  to  which 
the  State  shall  be  a  party,    IX-3 

SUSPENDING  the  power  of  the  State  to  tax  corporations 
and  corporate  property,  by  any  contract  or  grant  to 
which  the  State  shall  be  a  party,    IX-3 

TAXATION.     See  also  Corporation. 

TAXATION,  Exemption  of  property  from,  other  than  public 
property  used  for  public  purposes,  actual  places  of 
religious  worship,  places  of  burial  not  used  or  held 
for  private  or  corporate  profit,  and  institutions  of 
purely  local  charity,    IX-2 

TAXATION,    Any   local   or   special   law    exempting   property 

from III-7 

TERM  of  public  officer,  Extending  after  his  election  or  ap- 
pointment,       111-13 

TITLE  of  nobility  or  hereditary  distinction,   Granting  of,    ..  1-24 

TOWN   plats,    Any   special   or  local   law  vacating,    Ill- 7 

TOWNS,   Any  local  or  special  law  changing  charter  of,    ....  III-7 

TOWNS,    Local  or  special  law  incorporating,    III-7 

TOWNSHIP,  Any  local  or  special  law  prescribing  powers  and 

duties  of  officers  in ,    III-7 

TOWNSHIP,   Any  local  or  special  law  regulating  affairs  of,  III-7 

TOWNSHIP,   Authorizing    any,   to    become    a    stockholder    in 

any  company,   association  or  corporation IX-7 

82 


PROHIBITED  LEGISLATION. 

TOWNSHIP,  Authorizing  any,  to  obtain  or  appropriate 
money  for,  or  to  loan  its  credit  to,  any  corporation, 
association  or  individual,    lX-r< 

TOWNSHIP  lines,   Any  local  or  special  law  changing,    III-7 

TOWNSHIP  (new),   Any  local  or  special  law  erecting,    ....  III-7 

TRACK,  railroad,  Local  or  special  law  granting  to  any  cor- 
poration,  association,   or  individual  the  right  to  lay,  III-7 

TRADE,   Any  local  or  special  law  regulating,    III-7 

TRANSFERRING  the  obligation  or  liability  of  any  railroad 
or  other  corporation,  held  or  owned  by  the  Common- 
wealth,      111-24 

TREASON,   Attainting  any  person  of,    1-18 

TREASURY,  Refunding  by  local  or  special  law  moneys  legally 

paid  into ,    III-7 

TRIAL  by  jury,  Preventing,   1-6 

TRIBUNALS,  Local  or  special  law  regulating  the  practice  or 
jurisdiction  of,  or  changing  the  rules  of  evidence  in 
any  judicial  proceeding  or  inquiry  before,    III-7 

TRUST  funds,  Authorizing  the  investment  of,  by  executors, 
administrators,  guardians  or  trustees  in  the  bonds  or 
stock    of   any    private   corporation, 111-22 

USING  or  applying  any  part  of  sinking  fund  otherwise  than 
in  the  extinguishment  of  the  public  debt,  except  in 
case  of  war,   invasion  or  insurrection,    IX-11 

VACATING  roads,   town  plats,  streets  or  alleys  by  special  or 

local  law,    i . . , III-7 

VENUE  in  civil  or  criminal  cases,  Local  or  special  law  chang- 
ing,       III-7 

VILLAGES,  Local  or  special  law  changing  charter  of,    III-7 

VILLAGES,   Local  or  special  law  incorporating,    III-7 

VOTING  PLACE,  Any  special  or  local  law  fixing  or  changing,  III-7 

WARDS,   Any  local  or  special  law  regulating  affairs  of,    III-7 

WORSHIP,  Giving  preference  to  any  particular  mode  of,  ....  1-3 

83 

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(84) 


GENERAL  INDEX. 


(S5 


(8<i) 


Art. 

Sec. 

I 

9,10 

III 

21 

V 

6 

V 

23 

I 

20 

II 

10,14 

I 

11 

III 

22 

III 

7 

III 

11 

V 

12 

V 

11 

INDEX. 

ACCUSED,  Rights  of,    

ACTIONS,    Damages   for    injuries,    No   limit    to   be 
placed  on  amount  recoverable,    

Institution  of,  in  Philadelphia,    

Style  of  process  , 

ADDRESS,    Right  of,    

ADJOURNMENT   of   legislature,     

ADMINISTRATION  OF  JUSTICE  to  be  free,    

ADMINISTRATORS ,    Investments  by ,    

ADOPTION  of  children  by  special  law  forbidden ,  . . 
AGENTS,  Public,  Extra  compensation  prohibited,.. 
ALLERMEN,    abolished   in  Philadelphia,    

Election  of , 

Special  law  forbidden  affecting  practice  before 

or  jurisdiction  of,    Ill 

Special  laws  affecting  fees  or  powers  of,   for- 
bidden ,    

Term   of,     

ALLEGHENY  COUNTY,    Common  pleas  courts  in, 

Criminal  courts,    

ALLEYS ,   Special  laws  forbidden,    

ALTERATION  of  government,  a  right  of  the  people, 

Of  highways  by  special  laws ,   forbidden ,    .... 
AMENDMENT  of  bills,    

Of  laws ,    . .  .• 

To  constitution ,    how  made ,    

APPEAL.     See  also  COURTS. 

From     assessment     of     damages     in     eminent 
domain ,     

Summary  conviction ,    

Where  trial  by  jury  is  dispensed  with,    

APPOINTMENTS  to  office  longer  than  during  good 

behavior   forbidden ,     I  24 

APPORTIONMENT.     See  LEGISLATURE. 

APPROPRIATION  bills,    Contents  of,      

May  be  vetoed  in  part,    

Charitable  or  educational  institutions,    

For  certain  purposes  forbidden ,    

For  schools  not  to  be  diverted,    

Minimum  for  schools,   annually, 

Of  money  from  State  Treasury, 

87 


III 

7 

V 

11 

V 

6,8 

V 

8 

III 

7 

I 

2 

III 

7 

III 

1,4 

III 

6 

VIII 

1 

XVI 

8 

V 

14 

V 

27 

III 

15 

IV 

16 

III 

17 

III 

18 

X 

2 

X 

1 

III 

16 

INDEX 


Art.  Sec. 


APPROPRIATION— Continued. 

Of  private  property ,    . . .. 

Sectarian  institutions 

ARBITRATORS,     Special    law    forbidden,    affecting 

practice   or  jurisdiction ,    

ARMS,   Right  to  bear,    

ARMY.     See  also  MILITARY  POWER ;  MILITIA  ; 
SOLDIERS. 

Standing,  in  time  of  peace,    

ARREST.     See  ELECTIONS;  LEGISLATURE. 
ASSEMBLAGES,  Peaceable,  of  citizens  allowed,    .. 
ASSEMBLY,  General.     See  LEGISLATURE. 
ASSOCIATE  JUDGE.     See  COURTS. 
ASSOCIATIONS.     See  also  CORPORATIONS. 

Special  privilege  to ,   forbidden ,    

ATTAINDER,    Limited  effect  of,    

Of  treason  or  felony ,    

ATTORNEY,  Accused  has  right  to  be  heard  by,   

ATTORNEY   GENERAL,    Appointed  by   Governor, 

Member  of  Board  of  Pardons ,    

Part  of  Executive  Department,    

AUDITOR    GENERAL,    Certain    duties    of,    trans- 
ferred to  Secretary  of  Internal  Affairs,    .... 

Election  of ,    

Filling  vacancy  in  office  of,    

May  not  have  two  consecutive  terms ,   

Must  approve  all  contracts ,    

Part  of  Executive  Department,    

Term  of ,    

AUDITORS.     See  also  COUNTY. 

Special  law  forbidden  affecting  practice  or  jur- 
isdiction ,    Ill 

BAIL,  except  in  capital  cases,  to  be  taken,   

Not  to  be  excessive ,    

BALLOT,    Elections  to  be  by,   or  other  method,    ... 
BANKING,  Notes  and  bills  to  be  secured,   

Notice  of  application  for  charter,    

Term  of  charter  of  corporation  engaged  in , 
BILLS.     See  also  LEGISLATURE. 

Amendments  to ,   must  be  printed ,    

Appropriation ,  Contents  of,    

Approval  of,  by  Governor,    

Conference  reports  on ,    

Disapproved  by  Governor,    

88 


I 

10 

III 

IS 

III 

7 

I 

21 

I 

22 

I 

20 

III 

7 

I 

19 

I 

18 

I 

9 

IV 

8 

IV 

9 

IV 

1 

XVII 

11 

IV 

21 

IV 

8 

IV 

21 

III 

12 

IV 

1 

IV 

21 

I 

14 

I 

13 

VIII 

4 

XVI 

9 

XVI 

41 

XVI 

11 

III 

4 

III 

15 

IV 

15 

III 

S 

IV 

15 

INDEX 


BILLS — Continued. 

Final  passage  of,    

Members   privately   interested   in,    not   to   vote 
on ,    

Notice  required  for  local  and  special ,    

Passage   of ,     

Providing    for    extra    compensation    to    certain 
persons    forbidden ,     

Reading  of ,   at  length ,    

Reference   and   printing  of,     

Retained  by  Governor,    

Revenue,  must  originate  in  House,    

Signing  of,  by  presiding  officers,    

Title  must  be  clearly  expressed,    

Veto  of,    by  Governor,    

BINDING.     See    PRINTING    AND    BINDING. 

BOARD  of  Pardons,    

BOARDS.     See  ELECTIONS. 

BOROUGH,     Changing    limits    by    special    law    for- 
bidden ,    

Creating  offices  in,   by  special  law,    forbidden, 

Debt  of ,  limited ,    

Elections   for   officers ,     

Erection  of,  by  special  law,  forbidden,    

Not  to  be  authorized  to  become  stockholder  in 
corporation ,     

Special  law  affecting  officers  of,   forbidden,    .. 

Special    laws   forbidden ,     

Street  railway  must  secure  consent  of,    to  lay 

tracks,     

BORROWING  of  money  by  State,  regulated,    

BRIBERY,  Conviction  of,  to  disqualify  for  office,   .  . 

Of  executive  or  judicial  officers  of  State,    

Of  members  of  the  legislature,    

Of   public   officers ,     

Punishment  for,    

Testimony  of  witnesses ,    

BRIDGES,  Special  laws  relating  to,  forbidden 

When  special  laws  for,  may  be  passed,    

BUREAU  of  Industrial   Statistics , 


irt. 

Sec. 

Ill 

4 

III 

33 

III 

8 

III 

1,4 

III 

11 

III 

4 

III 

2 

IV 

15 

III 

14 

III 

9 

IV 

15 

IV 

15 

IV 


III 

7 

III 

7 

IX 

8 

VIII 

3 

III 

7 

IX 

7 

III 

7 

III 

7 

XVII 

9 

IX 

5 

II 

7 

III 

30,31,32 

III 

29,30,31, 

32 

III 

31,32 

III 

31,32 

III 

32 

III 

7 

III 

7 

IV 

19 

89 


INDEX. 


Art. 


Sec. 


CANALS.     Seel      also     CORPORATIONS;     RAIL- 
ROADS;  STREET  RAILWAYS. 

Acceptance  of  constitutional  provisions,    

Books  open  for  inspection ,    

Companies  not  to  engage  in  other  business,    .. 

Consolidation   with   competing   lines   forbidden, 

Declared  to  be  common  carriers,    

Declared   to  be  public  highways,    

Discrimination   in   charges   or   facilities   not   to 
be    made ,     

General  provisions  relating  to,    

Must  accept  constitution,    

Office  to  be  maintained  in  State,    

Officers  not  to  be  officers  of  competing  line,    .  . 

Officers  not  to  engage  in  certain  business,    .... 

Passes   forbidden ,     

Regulation   of   transportation   of   property   and 
persons ,     

Transportation   privileges   of  mining  or   manu- 
facturing companies,     

Under    supervision    of    Secretary    of    Internal 

Affairs ,     

CANDIDATES  for  office,    when  disqualified,    

CAPITAL,    State,   Restrictions  in  change  of,    

CASUALTY,  Death  from,  not  to  cause  forfeiture,  .. 
CEMETERIES,  Special  laws  relating  to,  forbidden, 
CERTIORARI.     See    also    APPEAL. 

To  courts  not  of  record ,    

CHALLENGE   of  elector,     

To  fight  duel,  punishment  for,    

CHANCERY,    Common  pleas  courts  to  have  powers 
of, 

Masters    in,    special    laws    concerning,    forbid- 
den ,     

CHANGE  of  name  by  special  law,  forbidden,    

Of  venue ,    

Of  venue  by  special  law ,   forbidden ,    

CHARITABLE  institutions,  Appropriations  to,  ... 
CHARTER.     See  also  CORPORATIONS. 

City,   General  provisions  relating  to,    

Municipal,    Changing    of    by    special    law    for- 
bidden ,    

CHIEF   JUSTICE.     See  COURTS. 
CHILDREN,     Adoption    or    legitimation    by    special 
law  forbidden , 

90 


XVII 

10 

XVII 

2 

XVII 

5 

XVII 

4 

XVII 

1 

XVII 

1 

XVII 

3,7 

XVII 

XVII 

10 

XVII 

2 

XVII 

4 

XVII 

6 

XVII 

8 

XVII 


XVII 


XVII 

11 

VIII 

9 

III 

27 

I 

19 

III 

7 

V 

10 

VIII 

8 

XII 

3 

XV 


III 


in 


20 


III 

7 

III 

7 

III 

23 

III 

7 

III 

17 

INDEX. 

Art.              Sec. 
CITIES,    Changing  charter  of,    by  special  law,   for- 
bidden,      Ill                   7 

Creating  offices  in,   by  special  law,  forbidden,  III                   7 

Debt  of,    limited,    IX                   8 

Elections  for  officers ,    VIII                    3 

General  provisions  relating  to,    XV 

Incorporation  of  by  special  law,  forbidden,    ..  Ill                    7 
Not  to  be  authorized  to  become  stockholder  in 

corporation ,     IX                   7 

Representative  apportionment  in, II                  17 

Senatorial  districts  in ,    II                 16 

Sinking  fund  of XV                   3 

Special  laws  relating  to,   forbidden,    Ill                    7 

Street  railway  must  secure  consent  of,    to  lay 

tracks XVII                    9 

When  chartered ,    XV                    1 

When  debt  may  be  incurred  by  municipal  com- 
mission ,     XV                    2 

CIVIL   liberty, Preamble. 

Power,   military  subordinate  to,    I.                22 

Power,   nor  to  interfere  with  elections I                   5 

CLAIMS   against  Commonwealth  not  to  be  paid  ex- 
cept lawfully  authorized,    Ill                  11 

CLERK  of  courts.     See  COUNTY. 
COLLECTION  of  debts.     See  DEBTS. 
COMMISSION  of  oyer  and  terminer  or  jail  delivery, 

prohibited ,     I                 15 

Special,    Delegation  of  powers   to,    by  legisla- 
ture,      Ill                 20 

COMMISSIONER,    Special    law    forbidden    affecting 

practice  or  jurisdiction,    Ill                    7 

COMMISSIONERS.     See    COUNTY. 
COMMISSIONS,    to  bo.  sealed  and  signed  by  Gover- 
nor    IV                 22 

COMMITTEE,  Sessions  of  legislative,  to  be  open,   ..  II                  13 
COMMON    Carriers,     Discrimination    in    charges    or 

facilities  not   to  be  made,    XVII               3,7 

Must  accept  constitutional  provision,    ....  XVII                  10 
Not  to  engage  in  other  business,   if  a  cor- 
poration,       XVII                   5 

Passes   forbidden ,     XVII                    8 

Railroads  and  canals  to  be XVII                    1 

Under   supervision   of   Secretary   of   Inter- 
nal   Affairs, XVII                  11 

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INDEX, 

Art.  Sec. 

COMMON  PLEAS  COURTS.     See  COURTS. 
COMMON   SCHOOLS.     See   Superintendent  of  Pub- 
lic Instruction. 
COMMONWEALTH,   Claims  against,  not  to  be  paid 

except  by  law ,    Ill  11 

Credit  of,   not  to  be  loaned  or  pledged,    IX  6 

Suits   against ,    '. I  11 

COMMUNICATION.       See     TELEGRAPH;     COR- 
PORATIONS;   COMMON    CARRIERS. 

COMMUTATION  of  sentence,    IV  9 

COMPANY.     See  CORPORATIONS. 
COMPENSATION,   Extra,   forbidden  to  certain  per- 
sons,       Ill  11 

For  property  taken,   injured  or  destroyed,    ...  I  10 

Of  judges,     V  18 

COMPULSORY  process,  Accused  to  have I  9 

CONCURRENT  orders,  to  be  presented  to  Governor,  HI  20 

Resolutions  to  be  presented  to  Governor,    ....  Ill  20 

CONFERENCE   committee   reports,     Ill  5 

CONGRESS,  Member  of ,  ineligible  to  legislature,    ..  II  0 

Member  of,  not  to  hold  office  in  State,    IV  0 

XII  2 

CONSCIENCE,    Right   of,    I  3 

CONSTABLES,   Special  law  affei  ting,  forbidden,    ..  Ill  7 

CONSTITUTION,   Amendments,   how  made,    XVIII  1 

Schedule  to ,    Page  51 

Schedule  to  amendments  of  1909,    Page  57 

CONTEMPT  in  presence  of  legislature,    II  H 

CONTEST  of  elections,    VIII  10,17 

CONTRACTORS,    Public,    Extra    compensation    to, 

prohibited Ill  11 

CONTRACTS,  Law  impairing,  forbidden,    I  17 

State,    Members    of    legislature    and    State    of- 

cers  not  to  be  interested  in,    Ill  12 

State  supplies,  Regulation  of,    HI  12 

CONTROLLER.  See  COUNTY. 
CORONER.  See  COUNTY. 

CORPORATIONS.      See  also  CANALS;   COMMON 
CARRIERS  ;  RAILROADS  ;  RAILWAYS  ; 
STREET  RAILWAYS. 
Acceptance  of  constitution  a  requisite  to  bene- 
fits,       XVI  2 

Ranking,    Rills  and  notes  to  be  secured,    XVI  9 

Notice  of  application  for  charter,    XVI  11 

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INDEX 


Art. 


Sec. 


CORPORATIONS— Continued 

Term  of  charter,    

Charter,  held  subject  to  constitution ,    

One  law  not  to  include  more  than  one,  .  . 
Revocation  or  alteration  of,  by  state,    ... 

Charters  of,   Unused,  to  be  void,    

Compensation  for  property  taken  or  injured  by, 

Cumulative  voting  permitted 

Eminent  domain   regulated 

Fictitious   increase  of  debt,    

Foreign ,    regulation  of,    

Forfeiture  of  charter   regulated 

General  provisions  relating  to,    

Increase  of  stock  or  debt  regulated ,    

Injurious,    Control  of,   by  State,    

Issue  of  stock  regulated ,    

Manufacturing,    Transportation    privileges    of, 

Meaning  of  wo  I'd ,    

Mining,    Transportation  privileges  of,    

Municipalities  not  to  be  authorized  to  become 
stockholders  in ,    

Must  not  engage  in  other  business,    

No  special  limitation  of  time  within  which  suit 
may  be  brought  against,    

Obligations  of,   owned  by  State 

Police  power  of  State  over,  not  to  be  abrigded, 

Ileal  estate  of.    limited,    

Special  law  affecting,  forbidden,    

Special  privilege  to,  forbidden,    

State  retains  right  to  take  property,    

Taxation    of, 

Telegraph,   Rights  and  limitations,    

CORRUPT  practices 

Solicitation,    Punishment  of,    

Witnesses  compelled  to  testify,    

CORRUPTION  of  blood  from  attainder,    

COUNSEL,    Accused  may  have 

COUNTY.     See  also  COUNTY  SEAT. 

Auditors,   Election  of,    

Commissioners,   Election  of,    

To  include  city  commissioners  of  Phila- 
delphia ,     

Creating  offices  in,   by  special  law,    forbidden, 

Debt  of ,  limited ,    


XVJ 

11 

XVI 

o 

XYI 

10 

XVI 

10 

XVI 

1 

XYI 

s 

XYI 

4 

XYI 

S 

XYI 

7 

XYI 

5 

XYI 

2 

XYI 

XYI 

7 

XYI 

10 

XYI 

7 

XYII 

5 

XVI 

13 

XVII 

5 

IX 

7 

XVI 

0 

III 

21 

III 

24 

XVI 

3 

XVI 

6 

III 

7 

III 

7 

XYI 

3 

IX 

3 

XYI 

12 

VIII 

8,9 

III 

31 

III 

32 

I 

19 

I 

9 

XIV 

7 

XIV 

7 

Sch.  1 

33 

in 

7 

IX 

8 

93 


INDEX. 


Art. 


Sec. 


CO  U  XT  Y— Continued. 

Election   of  officers,     

Lines,    Special  law  changing,    forbidden,    

May  appoint  officers  to  inspect  or  measure  mer- 
chandise ,   etc. ,    

New,  Limitation  or  erection  of,   

Special  law  for,    forbidden,    

Not  to  be  authorized  to  become  stockholder  in 

corporation 

Officers,    Accountability  of,    

Compensation   of 

Election  of ,    

General  provisions  relating  to,    

Office  to  be  kept  in  county  town ,   

Residence   required ,     

Vacancy  in  certain,  how  filled 

Who   are , 

Representative  apportionment  in,    

Senatorial  districts  in, 

Sheriff  not  to  succeed  himself,    

Special  law  affecting  officers  of,   forbidden,    .. 

Special  laws  forbidden,    

Treasurer  not  to  succeed  himself,    

Treasury.     See   COURTS. 
COL  NT  Y    SEATS ,  Special  law  relating  to ,  forbidden , 
COURTS.     See  also  JUSTICES  OF  THE  PEACE. 

Allegheny   County,    

Appeal  to  Supreme  Court  in  criminal  cases,    .  . 
Associate  judge  abolished  in  certain  counties, .  . 

Judges ,   Term  of ,    . 

Certiorari  to  courts  not  of  record,    

Chancery  powers ,    

Clerk  of.     See  COUNTY. 

Common   pleas  districts,    

In   Allegheny  County, 

Tn  Philadelphia,    

Fees  to  be  paid  into  county  treasury,    

Felonious  homicide,    Appeal  in  case  of,    

Fines  to  be  paid  into  county  treasury,    

General  Assembly  may  establish  new ,    

Injunction,   jurisdiction  of  Supreme  Court,    .  . 
Institution  of  suits  in  Philadelphia,    

94 


VIII 

o 

XIV 

2 

III 

7 

III 

27 

XIII 

III 

7 

IX 

7 

XIV 

(1 

XIV 

5,G 

VIII 

3 

XIV 

2,7 

XIV 

XIV 

4 

XIV 

3 

XIV 

7 

XIV 

1 

II 

17 

II 

10 

XIV 

1 

III 

7 

III 

7 

XIV 

1 

III 


V 

6,8 

V 

24 

V 

5 

Sch.  1 

16 

V 

10 

V 

20 

V 

4,5 

V 

6,S 

V 

6,7,8 

V 

13 

V 

24 

V 

13 

V 

1 

V 

3 

V 

6 

INDEX. 

COURTS— Continued. 

Jail  delivery,   commission  of,   prohibited, 
Judges,   appointive  powers  limited,    .... 

Compensation   of,     , 

Disqualification  of,    

Duties  to  be  judicial  only,    

Election  and  term  of,    


Increase  in  number  of,    

May  not  be  removed  by  appointing  power, 
Of    common    pleas    to    be    justices    of    the 

peace ,     

Priority  of  commission,    

Removal  of,    

Residence  of,    

Vacancies  in  office  of, 

When   elected ,     

Judgment  dockets  in  Philadelphia,    

Judicial   districts ,     

To  be  fixed  "decennially  and  not  oftener,    .  . 

Power  of  state  vested  in  certain ,    

Jury  trials,    When  parties  may  dispense  with, 

Laws  governing,   to  be  uniform,    

Magistrates,    in    Philadelphia,     

Mandamus,   Jurisdiction  of  Supreme  Court,    .. 

New ,   Certain  prohibited ,    

Nisi  prius ,    abolished ,    

Orphans'    

Clerk  of, 

Powers  and  jurisdictions  of,    

Separate , 

Oyer  and  Terminer,    

Penalties  to  be  paid  into  county  treasury,    .... 

Philadelphia  county,    

Police,   in  Philadelphia,    

Process,   Style  of,    

Prosecutions,    Regulation  of, 

Quarter   sessions,     .  ...  . 

Quo  warranto,  jurisdiction  of  Supreme  Court, 

Shall  be  open , 

Special  laws  forbidden  affecting  practice  or  jur- 
isdiction , Ill 

95 


Art.  Sec 


I 

15 

V 

21 

V 

18 

V 

18 

V 

21 

V  2, 

,15,10,17 

VIII 

3 

Sch.  2 

V 

6 

VI 

4 

V 

10 

V 

17 

V 

15 

VI 

4 

V 

19 

IV 

8 

V 

25 

VIII 

3 

V 

7 

V 

4,5 

Sch.  1 

14 

V 

1 

V 

27 

V 

20 

V 

12 

V 

3 

V 

20 

V 

21 

V 

1,9 

V 

22 

V 

22 

V 

22 

V 

1,3,8,9 

V 

13 

V 

0,7,8 

V 

12 

V 

23 

V 

23 

V 

1,8,9 

V 

3 

I 

11 

INDEX 

COURTS— Continued. 

Summary  conviction,   Appeal  from, 
Supreme ,     


Election  of  judges,    

Judges  not  to  preside  over  new,    

Residence  of,    

Jurisdiction  of,    

Priority  of  commission ,    .  . » 

Twice   in   jeopardy ,     

Vacancies  in ,    

CREDIT,     Municipalities    not    to    be    authorized    to 
loan ,    

Of  State ,  not  to  be  loaned ,    

CRIMES,    Conviction    of   certain,    to   disqualify   for 

office , II 

CRIMINAL  courts.     See  COURTS. 

Law.     See  COURTS. 

Prosecutions,  Rights  of  accused  in, 

CUMULATIVE  voting  in  corporations  permitted,,.. 


DAMAGES,   for  personal  injuries,    

For  taking  or  injuring  property,    .  : 

DEBT.     See  also  DEBTS. 

City ,    Sinking  fund , 

Credit  of  State  not  to  be  loaned,    

Money   borrowed    by   State   shall   be   for  speci- 
fied  purpose ,     

Municipal,    Increase  of,    limited,    

Limitation  of,    

Not  to  be  assumed  by  State  except  in  cer- 
tain  cases ,    

Provision  to  be  made  for  liquidation,    .... 

Sinking   fund ,     

State,  All  excess  of  revenue  to  be  used  to  pay 

off,    

Regulation  of,    

Reserve  moneys  to  be  secured,    

Sinking  fund , 

When  incurred  by  municipal  commission,    ... 


Art.  Sec. 


V 

14 

V 

1,2,3,15, 

16,17,18, 

19,20,21, 

24,25 

V 

2,1G,17 

V 

21 

V 

19 

V 

o 
O 

V 

17 

I 

10 

IV 

8 

V 

25 

IX 

7 

IX 

6 

I 

9,10 

XVI 

4 

III 

21 

III 

21 

XVI 

8 

XV 

3 

IX 

G 

IX 

5 

IX 

8 

IX 

8 

IX 

9 

IX 

10 

IX 

10 

IX 

12 

IX 

4 

IX 

13 

IX 

11,12 

XV 

2 

96 


INDEX 


DEBTORS,    Imprisonment  of,    

DEBTS,    Special  law  forbidden  affecting  methods  of 

collecting ,    

DECLARATION  OF   RIGHTS. 

DEFENDANT,    in  criminal  proceedings,    Rights  of, 

DEFENSE,  Right  of  citizens  to  bear  arms  for,   

DELEGATION  of  authority  by  legislation,    

DEODANDS  prohibited,    

DESCENT,   Special  law  changing,  forbidden,    

DISABILITY,     Estates    of    persons    under,     special 

laws  affecting,    

DISQUALIFICATION  for  holding  office,   

DISTINCTION,   Hereditary,   prohibited,    

DISTRICT  ATTORNEY.     See  COUNTY. 
DISTRICTS.  See  COURTS  ;  ELECTIONS  ;  LEGIS- 
LATURE ;    SCHOOL    DISTRICT. 
DIVORCES,   Granting  by  special  law  forbidden,    ... 
DUEL,   Punishment  for  fighting,    

EDUCATION.     See   also    SCHOOLS. 

Duties  of  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction , 

General  provisions  relating  to ,    

Minimum,   annual  appropriation  for,    

Women    eligible    to    offices    in    management    of 

schools ,     

EDUCATIONAL  institutions,   Appropriation  to,    ... 
ELECTIONS.     See  also  COUNTY  ;  COURTS  ;  COR- 
PORATIONS ;     GOVERNOR ;     LEGISLA- 
TURE. 

Boards ,    

Bribery  or  corruption  of  elector  to  disqualify, 

By  ballot  or  other  prescribed  method ,    

By  representatives,  to  be  viva  voce,   

Candidates,    When  disqualified,    

Challenged  voter  to  be  sworn ,    

Contested,    gubernatorial , 

How  tried ,    

Witnesses  may  be  compelled  to  testify,   .  . . 
County  officers ,    

Deprivation  of  right  of  suffrage,    

Districts,    how  composed,    

Electors  privileged  from  arrest,    

97 

7 


Art. 

Sec. 

I 

16 

III 

7 

I 

I 

9,10 

I 

21 

III 

20 

I 

19 

III 

7 

III 

7 

I 

4 

II 

7 

I 

24 

III 

7 

XII 

3 

IV 

20 

X 

X 

1 

X 

3 

III 

17 

VIII 

14,15,16 

VIII 

8,9 

VIII 

4 

VIII 

12 

VIII 

9 

VIII 

8 

IV 

17 

VIII 

17 

VIII 

10 

VIII 

3 

XIV 

2 

VIII 

9 

VIII 

11 

VIII 

5 

INDEX, 


Art. 


Sec. 


ELECTIONS— Continued. 

General  provisions  relating  to,    

When  held,    

Interference  with ,   prohibited,    

Investigation  of,  witnesses  compelled  to  tes- 
tify,     

Laws  must  be  uniform ,    

Members  of  legislature ,    

Method   of   conducting,     

Municipal ,  when  held ,    

Officers ,     

Disqualification  of,    

Privileges    of ,     

Overseers,    Appointment   of,    by   court,     

Privilege  from  arrest,  of  electors,    

Public  officers,  State  and  local,    

Punishment  for  violation  of  laws  governing,    . . 

Qualification  of  electors,    

Registration  laws  to  be  uniform ,    

Residence,  when  neither  gained  nor  lost,    .... 

Right    of   suffrage ,    

Secrecy  in  voting  required ,    

Shall  be  free  and  equal ,    

Soldiers  in  service  may  vote ,    

Special  law  affecting  officers ,  etc. ,  forbidden ,  .  . 

Special  laws  relating  to,  prohibited,    

Under  constitutional  amendment,    

Vacancies  on  boards,    

Violation  of  laws  governing,    

ELECTORS.     See  ELECTIONS. 
EMBEZZLEMENT,   Conviction  of,   to  disqualify  for 

office ,    

EMIGRATION  from  the  State  allowed,    

EMINENT  DOMAIN  by  corporations,   regulated,    .. 

General    provisions ,     

State's  right  to,   not  to  be  abridged,    

EMPLOYES.     See  also  LEGISLATURE. 

Public,    Extra  compensation  prohibited,    

ENFORCEMENT  of  judgments.     See  JUDGMENTS. 

ENJOYMENT  of  life  and  liberty,  Right  of,   

ESTABLISHMENTS,      Religious,      No      preference 
given  to ,    

98 


VIII 

Sch.2 

VIII 

2 

I 

5 

VIII 

10 

VIII 

7 

II 

2,3 

VIII 

4 

VIII 

3 

VIII 

14,15,16 

VIII 

15 

VIII 

14 

VIII 

16 

VIII 

5 

VIII 

3 

xn 

1 

XIV 

2 

VIII 

9 

VIII 

1 

VIII 

7 

VIII 

13 

i 

5 

VIII 

4 

I 

5 

VIII 

6 

III 

7 

III 

7 

Sch.2 

VIII 

14 

VIII 

9 

II 

7 

I 

25 

XVI 

8 

I 

10 

XVI 

3 

III 

11 

I 

1 

I 

3 

INDEX. 

ESTATES    of    minors    or    persons    under   disability, 

special  laws  affecting",    

EVIDENCE  against  self,  accused  not  to  give,    

Special  law  changing  rules  of,  forbidden,  .... 
EXECUTIVE,    General  provisions  relating  to,    .... 

Department,    Composition  of,    

Nominations  by,  action  in  Senate,    

EXECUTORS,    Investments  by,    

EXEMPTION   from    taxation ,     

Jury  duty,   Election  officers  may  claim,    

Military  duty 

Of  property  from  taxation  forbidden  by  special 

law, 

EX  POST  FACTO  law,    

EXPROPRIATION  of  private  property,   

EXPULSION  of  member  of  legislature,    

EXTENSION  of  laws,   Regulation  of,    

FEES ,    County  officers ,    

Court,  To  be  paid  into  county  treasury,    

Of  aldermen,  justices  of  peace,   magistrates  or 
constables,  special  law  regulating,  forbidden, 

FELONY,    Attainder  of,    

FERRIES,  Special  law  relating  to,  forbidden,    

FINANCE.     See  also  TAXATION. 

General  provisions  relative  to ,    

FINES,    Governor  may  remit,    

Not  to  be  excessive ,    

Remitting  of  by  special  law ,  forbidden ,   

To  be  paid  into  county  treasury,    

FIRE  ARMS.     See  ARMS. 

FOREIGN  corporations,    Regulation  of,    

FORFEITURES  for  suicide,   prohibited,    

Governor  may    remit,     

Of  estate  from  attainder,    

Remitting  of,   by  special  law  forbidden,    

FREEDOM ,   Men  are  born  in ,    

Of   elections , 

Of  press ,    

FREIGHT,     Discrimination    in     transportation    of, 

prohibited ,     

FUEL  used  by  State  to  be  bought  by  contract,    


99 


Art.  Sec. 


Ill 

7 

I 

9 

III 

7 

IV 

IV 

1 

IV 

8 

III 

22 

IX 

1,2 

VIII 

14 

XI 

1 

III 

7 

I 

17 

I 

10 

II 

11 

III 

6 

XIV 

5,6 

V 

13 

III 

7 

I 

18 

III 

7 

IX 

IV 

9 

I 

13 

III 

7 

V 

13 

XVI 

5 

I 

19 

IV 

9 

I 

19 

III 

7 

I 

1 

I 

7 

I 

7 

XVII 

3,7 

TTT 

12 

Art.  Sec. 


I 

7 

I 

2 

I 

2 

IV 

IV 

8 

V 

25 

III 

26 

IV 

7 

III 

26 

IV 

2,17 

III 

12 

IV 

13 

IV 

14 

IV 

2 

IV 

3,5,6 

VI 

3 

IV 

12 

IV 

15 

INDEX. 

GENERAL     ASSEMBLY.     See     LEGISLATURE; 

ELECTIONS. 
GOVERNMENT,  Any  branch  of,  may  be  examined, 

Free,  founded  on  authority  of  people,    

People  have  right  to  alter,   reform  or  abolish,, 
GOVERNOR,   General  provisions  relating  to,    

Appointing  power  of,    

Appointments  to  fill  judicial  vacancies,    

Approval  or  disapproval  of  concurrent  orders, 
resolutions   or  votes,     

Commander  of  army  and  navy  of  State ,    

Concurrent  orders,  resolutions  and  votes  to  be 
presented  to,    

Contested   election  of,    

Contracts  to  be  approved  by,    

Death  or  disability  of,    . .  . .' 

Election  of,    

Eligibility  of,    

Impeachment    of,     

May   adjourn   legislature   in   certain   cases,     .  . 

May  approve  or  veto  bills,    

May   convene   legislature   or   Senate   in   special 

session ,     IV  12 

May  require  information  from  officers  of  Exe- 
cutive Department,    ' 

May  veto  appropriation  bills  in  part,    

Messages  of,   

Must  approve  certain  contracts,    ,. 

Nominations  by,   action  in  Senate,    

Pardoning  power  of,    

Qualifications   of,     

Record  of  official  acts  of,  to  be  kept  by  Sec- 
retary of  the  Commonwealth ,    

Supreme,  executive  power  vested  in ,    

Term  of,    

To  approve  certain  State  contracts,    

To  sign  all  commissions,    

Vacancy  in  office  of, 

Veto  power,    

When   I'able   to .  impeachment,    

GRATUITIES    for    military    service,    appropriations 

for,     

GRAVEYARDS,   Special  laws  relating  to,  forbidden, 

100 


IV 

10 

IV 

16 

IV 

11 

III 

12 

IV 

8 

IV 

9 

IV 

5,6 

IV 

18 

IV 

2 

IV 

3,17 

III 

12 

IV 

22 

IV 

13,14 

III 

26 

IV 

15,16 

VI 

3 

III 

18 

III 

7 

V 

3 

I 

14 

I 

1,2 

I 

24 

XVII 

1 

III 

7 

V 

24 

INDEX. 

Art.  Sec. 

GRIEVANCES,  Right  to  petition  for  redress  of ,    . . .                    I  20 
GROUNDS.     See  Public   Grounds. 

GUARDIANS,   Investments  by,    Ill  22 

HABEAS  CORPUS,  Jurisdiction  of  Supreme  Court, 
When   suspended ,     

HAPPINESS,  Right  of  pursuing 

HEREDITARY  DISTINCTION,    prohibited,     

HIGHWAYS,   public,   Railroads  and  canals  declared 

to   be ,    

Special  or  local  laws  concerning,  forbidden,    .. 

HOMICIDE,  Appeal  to  Supreme  Court,    

HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES.  See  LEGIS- 
LATURE. 

IMMUNITIES,     Special    law    granting    irrevocable, 

forbidden ,    

IMPEACHMENT,  General  provisions  relating  to,   .. 

Governor  may  not  pardon  for,    

House  to  have  sole  power  of,    

Result  of  judgment  of,   

Tried  only  by  Senate ,    

Who  liable  to ,    

IMPRISONMENT  for  debt,    

INCOMPATIBLE   OFFICES ,    

INCORPORATION.     See  also  CORPORATIONS. 

Of  municipalities  by  special  law  forbidden,    ..  Ill 

INDEBTEDNESS.     See  DEBT. 

INDEFEASIBLE  RIGHTS,   Men  have,    

INDEPENDENT,   Men  are  born,    

INDICTMENT,    Prosecutions  by,    

Wording  of  conclusion  of,    

INDIVIDUAL,    Special  privilege  to  any,   forbidden, 

INDUSTRIAL  STATISTICS,   Bureau  of,    

INFAMOUS    CRIME,    Conviction   of,    to   disqualify 

for   office ,    

INFORMATION  in  criminal  causes,  limited,    

Prosecutions  by ,    

INHERENT  RIGHTS ,   of  mankind ,    

INJUNCTION,    Jurisdiction   of   Supreme  Court,    .. 
INJURY  to  lands,  goods,  person  or  reputation,  legal 

remedy  for  every ,    

INJURIES,   No  limit  to  amount  of  damages  for,    .. 

Survival  of  action  for,    

INSOLVENT  DEBTORS,    Imprisonment  of,    

101 


I 

17 

VI 

IV 

9 

VI 

1 

VI 

3 

VI 

2 

VI 

3 

I 

16 

XII 

2 

I 

1,8 

I 

1 

I 

9,10 

V 

23 

III 

7 

IV 

19 

II 

7 

I 

10 

I 

9 

I 

1 

V 

3 

I 

11 

III 

21 

III 

21 

I 

16 

INDEX. 


INSPECTION  of  merchandise,  etc.,  State  office  for, 
forbidden ,     

INSTRUCTION,  Public,  Superintendent,  part  of 
Executive  Department ,    

INTEREST,  Special  law  fixing  vote  of ,  forbidden,   .. 

INTERNAL  AFFAIRS,   Filling  vacancy  in  office  of 

Secretary ,     

Secretary  of,   duties,    

Election  and  term  of,    

Member  of  Pardon  Board,    

Part  of  Executive  Department, 

Supervision  over  common  carriers ,    

Term  of,    

INVASION- of  the  State,    

INVESTIGATIONS,   Public,  may  be  published,    ... 
INVESTMENT  of  trust  funds,  Restrictions  on,    

JAIL  DELIVERY,   Commission  of,   prohibited,    

JEOPARDY,   Twice  in,    

JOINT    STOCK    COMPANIES.       See    CORPORA- 
TIONS. 
JOURNAL.     See  LEGISLATURE. 
JUDGES.     See  COURTS. 

JUDGMENT  of  peers,    

JUDGMENTS.     See  also  COURTS. 

Dockets  for,    in  Philadelphia,    

Special  law  forbidden  affecting  methods  of  en- 
forcing ,    

JUDICIAL  DISTRICTS.     See  COURTS. 
JUDICIAL   SALE   of   real   estate,    Special   law   for- 
bidden,  prescribing  effect  of,    

JUDICIARY.     See  COURTS. 

JURISDICTION.     See  COURTS. 

JURY ,  Election  officers  exempted  from  service  on , 

When  parties  may  dispense  with  trial  by ,   

JURY  TRIAL,  Guaranteed  in  certain  criminal 
causes ,     

Right   to 

JUSTICE  to  be  administered  without  sale,  denial  or 

delay 

JUSTICES  OF  THE  PEACE,  Certiorari  to,    

Election  of,    

Judges  of  common  pleas  to  be ,   

102 


Art. 

Sec. 

Ill 

27 

IV 

1 

III 

7 

IV 

8 

IV 

19 

XVII 

11 

IV 

21 

IV 

9 

IV 

1 

XVII 

11 

IV 

21 

I 

14 

IX 

4,9 

I 

7 

III 

22 

I 

15 

I 

10 

I 

V 

III 
III 


fill 

14 

V 

27 

I 

9 

I 

6,9 

I 

11 

V 

10 

V 

11 

V 

10 

INDEX. 

Art.  Sec. 
JUSTICES  OF  THE  PEACE— Continued. 

Special  laws  affecting,    forbidden,    Ill                    7 

Special  law  forbidden  affecting  practice  or  jur- 
isdiction ,    Ill                   7 

LABOR,   Special  law  regulating,'  forbidden,    Ill                   7 

LANES.     See   HIGHWAYS. 

LAW,   Ex  post  facto,   forbidden,    I                 17 

Of  the  land,  in  criminal  causes,    I                   9 

LAWS.     See   also   LEGISLATURE. 

Amendment  of,   by  title,    prohibited,    Ill                   6 

Forbidden  where  courts  already  have  power  to 

give  relief,    Ill                   7 

Granting  irrevocable  privileges  or  immunities,  * 

forbidden ,    I                 17 

Repeal  of,  permitted ,   Ill                    7 

Revival  of,   by  title,   prohibited,    Ill                    7 

Suspension  of,   limited, »I                 12 

LAWYER ,   Accused  may  have ,    I                    9 

LAYING  out  of  highways  by  special  law  forbidden,  . .  Ill                    7 
LEGISLATION.     See   also   LEGISLATURE. 

General  provisions     relating  to,    Ill 

LEGISLATIVE   POWER,    how  vested,    II                   1 

LEGISLATURE.     See  also  Index  to  Prohibited  Leg-        Page  59 
islation. 

Action  of  Senate  on  executive  nominations,    ..  IV                   8 

Adjournment,     II           10,14 

IV  12 

Amendment  of  bills,    Ill               1,4 

Amendment  of  laws,   Ill                   6 

Apportionment   of   members,     II     16,17,18 

Appropriation  bills  may  be  vetoed  in  part,    ..  IV                 16 

Biennial  meetings ,    II                   4 

Bills  passed  to  be  presented  to  Governor,   IV                 15 

Retained  by  Governor,    IV                 15 

To   be    read    at   length    on    three    different 

days ,     Ill                   4 

To    be    referred    to    committee,     returned 

therefrom  and  printed ,    Ill                   2 

To  have  but  one  subject  clearly  expressed 

in  title,    Ill                   3 

Bribery  of  members,    Ill  29,30,31, 

32 

Committee,  Sessions  to  be  open,    II                 13 

Compensation  of  members,    II                   8 

103 


INDEX. 

LEGISLATURE— Continued. 

Of  officers  and  employes ,    

Compulsory  attendance  of  absent  members,  .. 
Concurrent  orders,    resolutions  or  votes   to  be 

presented  to  executive ,    

Concurring  in  amendments,    

Conferring  provisions  of  law ,    

Conviction  of  certain  crimes  to  disqualify  for, .  . 

Each  branch  to  keep  journal ,    

Election   of  members , 

Employes,    Numbers,    duties  and  compensation 

of ,   to  be  fixed ,    

Executive  nominations ,    

Ex  post  facto  law,    

Expulsion  of  members,    

Extension  of  provisions  of  laws ,    

Final  passage  of  bills ,    

General  provisions  relating  to,    

Governor  may  adjourn  in  certain  cases ,    

May  convene  on  extraordinary  occasions ,  . . 

May  convene  Senate  in  special  session ,    . . 

To  give  information  to,    

House  of  Representatives,   part  of 

Adjournment  without  consent  of  Senate, . . 

Districts ,    

Speaker  of ,    

To  have  sole  power  of  impeachment,    ... 
Increase  of  salary  or  mileage  during  term,  for- 
bidden ,    

Journals  to  be  kept  and  published ,    

When  yea  and  nay  vote  must  be  recorded 
on , 

Laws  to  be  passed  by  bill ,   

Liens  not  to  be  specially  created,   extended  or 

impaired ,    

Lieutenant  Governor  to  be  president  of  Senate, 

Local  laws  forbidden  in  certain  cases,    

May  establish  new  courts,    

Meetings    of ,     

Member,  ineligible  to  certain  offices,   

Must  disclose  interest  in  bill,    

Of  Congress  ineligible  to,    

104 


Art.  Sec. 


Ill 

10 

II 

10 

III 

26 

III 

5 

III 

6 

II 

7 

II 

12 

II 

2 

III 

10 

IV 

8 

I 

17 

II 

11 

III 

6 

III 

4 

II 

IV 

12 

IV 

12 

IV 

12 

IV 

11 

II 

1 

II 

14 

II 

17,18 

II 

9 

III 

9 

VI 

1 

II 

8 

II 

12 

III 

4,5,26 

IV 

15 

III 

1 

III 

7 

IV 

4 

III 

•7 

V 

1 

II 

4 

II 

6 

III 

33 

II 

6 

INDEX. 

Art.  Sec. 
LEGISLATURE— Continued. 

Oath  of  office,    VII 

Officers,     II  9 

III  10 
Numbers,    duties   and   compensation   to   be 

fixed,    Ill  10 

Passage  of  bills,    Ill     1,2,3,4, 

5,6,7,8, 
9 

Power  to  punish  for  contempt,    II  11 

Powers  of  each  branch ,    II  11 

President   of  Senate , II  9 

IV  4,14 

Privileges  of  members ,    II  15 

Proceedings,   Journal  of,    to  be  kept  and  pub- 
lished,                   II  12 

Of,  may  be  criticised,    I  7 

Prohibited  legislation.     See  SPECIAL  INDEX.       Page  59 
Punishment    for    contempt    not    to    bar    indict- 
ment.                                                                                           II  11 

Qualifications  of  members,    II     5,6,7,8, 

11 

Quorum ,    II  10 

Reports  of  conference  committees,    Ill  5 

Representative  districts,    II  17,18 

Residence  of  members , II  5 

Revival  of  laws ,    Ill  6 

Rules  of  procedure,    II  11 

Senate  a  part  of,    : II  1 

Action  on  executive  nominations,    IV  8 

Adjournment  without  consent  of  House, . .                   II  14 

Districts,   II  16,18 

Presiding  officers ,    II  9 

IV  4,14 

Qualifications  of  members,    II     5,6,7,8, 

11 

Special  session  of,    '. IV  12 

Term  of  members ,   II  3 

To  try  all  impeachments ,   VI  2 

Vacancy  in ,    II  2 

Senatorial  districts,    II  16,18 

Sessions  of,    II  4 

Special,    Ill  25 

To  be  open ,    II  13 

105 


INDEX. 


Art. 
LEGISLATURE— Continued. 

Signing  of  bills  by  presiding  officers,    Ill 

Speaker  of  the  House ,    II 

III 

Special  laws  prohibited  on  certain  subjects,    ..  Ill 

Special    Session ,     II 

III 

of  Senate ,    IV 

Speech  or  debate  in,   member  not  to  be  ques- 
tioned  for,     II 

Term  of  members ,    II 

Vacancy  in ,    .....* II 

Vote  on  final  passage  of  bills,    Ill 

To  be  entered  on  journal  on  request,    ....  II 
LEGITIMATION    of   children    by    special    law,    for- 
bidden,      Ill 

LIABILITY  or  obligation  of  corporations,   owned  by 

State,    Ill 

LIBEL,    I 

LIBERTY ,    Civil  and  religious,    Preamble 

I 

Depriving  accused  of,    I 

Right  of  enjoying  and  defending,    I 

LIENS,   Special  or  local  laws  concerning,    Ill 

LIFE,    Depriving  accused  of,    I 

Not  to  be  twice  in  jeopardy  for  same  offense,  . .  I 

Right  of  enjoying  and  defending,   I 

LIMITATION  of  action, Ill 

Of  damages  for  injuries,  forbidden,    Ill 

LIEUTENANT  GOVERNOR,    IV 

Contested  election  of,    IV 

Disability    of,     II 

IV 

Election  and  term  of,    IV 

Eligibility   of,    IV 

Member  of  Pardon  Board ,    IV 

President  of  Senate,    IV 

Qualifications  of,    IV 

Vacancy  in  office  of,    II 

IV 

LOCAL  bills,   notice  of,   required ,    Ill 

Laws.     See  also   Index   to   Prohibited   Legisla- 
tion. 

Certain ,  forbidden ,    Ill 

106 


Sec. 

9 
9 
9 

7 

4 

23 

12 

15 

2,3 

2 

4 

12 


24 


1,9 

9 

1 

7 

9 

10 

1 

21 

21 

1 

2,17 

9 

14 

4,17 

3,4,5,6 

9 

4 

4,5,6 

9 

14 


INDEX, 


Art.  Sec. 


MAGISTRATES.  See  also  COURTS;  JUSTICES 
OF  THE  PEACE. 

Court ,  Appeal  from  summary  conviction ,    

Courts  in  Philadelphia,    

Special  law  affecting,  forbidden,    

MAINTAINING  highways  by  special  law  forbidden, 

MANDAMUS,  jurisdiction  of  Supreme  Court,    

MANUFACTURING,  Common  carriers  not  to  en- 
gage  in ,     

Company,    Transportation   privileges   of,     

MASTERS  in  chancery,  Special  law  forbidden,  af- 
fecting practice  or  jurisdiction,    Ill 

MEASURING  of  merchandise,    etc.,    State  office  for 

the ,  forbidden ,   

MEETINGS  of  legislature,    

MEMBER  of  Congress,  ineligible  to  legislature,    .... 
MEMBERS   of  Legislature.     See   LEGISLATURE. 

MESSAGE  of  Governor,    

MILEAGE ,  Members  of  legislature,    

MILITIA.  See  also  ARMY;  MILITARY  POWER; 
SOLDIERS;   STANDING  ARMY. 

Governor  to  be  commander  of,    

General  provisions  relating  to,    

MILITARY  POWER.  See  also  ARMY;  ELEC- 
TIONS; MILITIA;  SOLDIERS;  STAND- 
ING ARMY. 

Not  to  interfere  with  elections,    

Subordinate  to  civil  power,    

MINING,  Common  carriers  not  to  engage  in,    

Company,  Transportation  privileges  of,    

Regulation  of,   by  special  law  forbidden,    .  ... 

MINISTRY,  No  man  compelled  to  maintain,   

MINORS,  Special  laws  affecting  estate  of,   

MODES  of  worship,  No  preference  given  to 

MONEY,    How   payments  may  be  made   from   State 

Treasury ,     

MONEYS,  State,  Conversion  of,  to  private  use,    ... 
Refund  of  by  special  law,  forbidden,    .... 

Reserve  to  be  secured ,    

MUNICIPALITIES.  See      also      BOROUGHS; 

CITIES  ;  COUNTY ;  TOWNSHIPS  ;  STREET 

RAILWAYS. 
City  sinking  fund ,    

Corrupt  solicitation  of  officers  of,    

107 


V 

14 

V 

12 

III 

7 

III 

7 

V 

o 
O 

XVII 

5 

XVII 

5 

III 

27 

II 

4 

II 

6 

IV 

11 

II 

8 

IV 

7 

XI 

1 

I 

5 

I 

22 

XVII 

5 

XVII 

5 

III 

7 

I 

3 

III 

7 

I 

III 

16 

IX 

14 

III 

i 

IX 

13 

IX 

10 

XV 

3 

III 

31,32 

INDEX. 


Art.  Sec. 


IX 

8 

IX 

9 

IX 

10 

£\T 

8 

III 

20 

XV 

2 

IX 

7 

IX 

10 

III 

7 

V 

21 

I 

24 

IV 

8 

MUNICIPALITIES— Continued. 

Debt  of ,  limited ,    . '. 

Not  to  be  assumed  by  State,    

Provision  to  be  made  for  liquidation,    .... 

Eminent  domain  regulated ,    

Functions   of,    not   to   be   exercised   by   special 

commission ,    etc. ,    

Incurring  of  debt  by,  municipal  commission,  . . 
May  appoint  officers  to  inspect  or  measure  mer- 
chandise ,   etc. ,    Ill  27 

Not  to  be  authorized  to  become  stockholders  in 

corporation ,    

Sinking  fund ,   provision  for,    

NAMES,    Special  laws  changing,   forbidden,    

NISI   PRIUS  COURTS,    abolished,    

NOBILITY,   Titles  of  prohibited,    

NOMINATIONS  by  Governor,  Action  of  Senate  on, 
NORMAL  SCHOOLS,   Appropriations  to,    

OATH  of  office,   VII 

OBLIGATION  of  contracts,  Laws  impairing,  forbid- 
den ,    

Of  corporations,  owned  by  State,   

OFFICE.     See  also  OFFICERS;  OFFICES. 

Appointments    to,     beyond    term    of    good    be- 
havior, forbidden ,    

Certain  crimes  to  disqualify  for, 

Oath  of,    

Religious    sentiments    not    to    disquqalify    for 

holding ,    

Removal  from 


OFFICERS.     See    also    ELECTIONS;     LEGISLA- 
TURE; OFFICE;   OFFICES. 
County,  Accountability  of,    

Compensation  of,   

Election   of,    

General  provisions  relating  to ,    

Office  to  be  kept  in  county  town ,    

Residence   required ,     

Vacancies ,     

Elected  by  people,  how  removed,   

Federal,  not  to  hold  State  office 


I 

17 

III 

24 

I 

24 

II 

7 

VII 

I 

4 

V 

15 

VI 

3,4 

VII 

XII 

3 

XIV 

6 

XIV 

5,6 

XIV 

2 

XIV 

XIV 

4 

XIV 

3 

XVI 

2 

VI 

4 

XII 

2 

108 


INDEX 


Art.  Sec. 


Ill 

31,32 

XII 

3 

III 

13 

III 

11,13 

XII 

2 

XII 

1 

OFFICERS— Continued. 

Public,  corrupt  solicitation  or,   

Duelling  by,    

Extension  of  term  prohibited,    

Extra  compensation  forbidden,    

Incompatible    offices,     

Local  election  of,    

Salary  not  to  be  changed  after  election  or 

appointment Ill  13 

Term  not  to  be  extended  after  election  or 

appointment,     

Removal  from  office,    „ 


Special  laws  affecting,  prohibited,    

State,  election  of, 

When  liable  to  removal  from  office,    

OFFICES.     See  also  ELECTIONS;   OFFICE;  OF- 
FICERS. 

Incompatible , 

OPENING  of  highways  by  special  law  forbidden,    .. 
ORPHANS'  COURT.     See  COURTS. 
ORPHANS    of    soldiers,    Appropriations    to    institu- 
tions for,   

OVERSEERS  of  election,    

OYER  AND  TERMINER.     See  also  COURTS. 

Commission  of  prohibited,    I  15 

PAPER.     See  Printing  and  Binding. 

PARDON  BOARD,  

PARDONS,    Manner  of  granting,    

PASSENGER  railways.     See  STREET  RAILWAYS. 
PASSES,  may  not  be  granted  by  common  carriers,  .  . 

PEERS.   Judgment   of,    

PENALTIES.     See   also   FINES;    FORFEITURES. 

Remitting  of,  by  special  law  forbidden,    

To  be  paid  into  county  treasury,    

PENSIONS.    Appropriations  for,    

PEOPLE,  Free  governiupnt  founded  on  authority  of, 

Have  right  to  alter,    reform,    and  abolish  gov- 
ernment ,     

Power  inherent  in ,    

PERJURY,  Conviction  of,   to  disqualify  for  office,.. 

Punishment  for.    in  certain  cases 


Ill 

13 

V 

15 

VI 

3,4 

VII 

XII 

3 

III 

7 

XII 

1 

VI 

4 

XII 

2 

III 

7 

t 

III 

19 

VIII 

16 

IV 

9 

IV 

9 

XVII 

8 

I 

9 

III 

7 

V 

13 

III 

18 

I 

2 

I 

2 

I 

2 

II 

7 

VII 

109 


INDEX, 


Art.  Sec. 


Ill 

7 

I 

20 

V 

12 

Sch.  1 

33 

V 

6,7,8 

V 

8 

IX 

8 

V 

6 

V 

12,13 

V 

12 

V 

7 

V 

6 

I 

4 

I 

3 

III 

7 

V 

12 

PERSONS    under    disability,    Special    laws    affecting 

estates  of,    

PETITION,    Right  of,    

PHILADELPHIA,    Aldermen  aoolished,    

Commissioners  to  be  county  commissioners,    .. 

Common  pleas  courts  in ,    

Criminal   courts  in ,    

Debt  of,  for  certain  purposes,   authorized,    ... 

Increase  in  number  of  judges  in,    

Magistrates  courts ,    

Police  courts  in ,    

Prothonotary , 

Suits ,   how  instituted ,    

PLACE  of  trust  or  profit,  Religious  sentiments  not  to 

disqualify  for  holding,    

Of  worship,    No  man  compelled  to  support  or 

attend ,     

PLAN.     See  PLATS. 

PLATS,  town,  Special  law  relating  to,  forbidden,    .. 

POLICE  courts  in  Philadelphia,    

POLICE   POWERS  of   State   not   to   be  abridged   in 

relation  to  corporations,    XVI 

POWERS.     See  PRIVILEGES. 

PRESIDENT  pro  tem.  of  Senate,    

PRESS,  Printing,  to  be  free,    

PRINT,   Citizens  may,   on  any  subject,    

PRINTING  and  binding  to  be  done  by  contract ,   

Press  to  be  free ,    

PRISONERS  to  be  bailable,    

PRIVATE  corporations.     See  CORPORATIONS. 

Property  taken  for  public  use.     See  EMINENT 
DOMAIN. 

PRIVILEGE  of  electors  from  arrest,    VIII 

PRIVILEGES  and  powers,    Granting  of,    by  special 

law  in  certain  cases  forbidden,    

Of  members  of  legislature ,    

Special,   Laws  granting  irrevocable,   forbidden, 

PROCESS,   how  styled,    

PROHIBITED     LEGISLATION.       See     SPECIAL 

INDEX. 
PROPERTY.       See     also     EMINENT     DOMAIN; 
REAL  ESTATE. 

Depriving  accused  of,    I  9 

Exemption  of,   from  taxation  by  special  laws, 

forbidden ,     Ill  7 

Right  of  acquiring,  etc. ,   I  1 

110 


II 

9 

I 

7 

I 

7 

III 

12 

I 

7 

I 

14 

III 

7 

II 

15 

I 

17 

V 

23 

INDEX. 


PROSECUTIONS,   how  carried  on,    

Ending  phrase  in  all ,    

Public  trial  guaranteed  in,    

PROTHONOTARY.     See  also  COUNTY. 

Philadelphia  county 

PUBLIC  agents,   Extra  compensation  to,  prohibited, 
Contractors,      Extra     compensation     to,      pro- 
hibited ,     

Grounds  (other  than  State)  Special  laws  relat- 
ing to ,   forbidden ,    

Instruction,  Superintendent  of,  appointment  of 

Duties ,    

Part  of  Executive  Department,    

Investigations  may  be  published,    

PUBLIC   OFFICERS.     See   also   OFFICERS;    OF- 
FICES. 

General  provisions  relative  to ,    

Servants,    employes,    agents    and    contractors, 

Extra  compensation  to,   forbidden,    

PUBLIC  SCHOOLS.     See  also  SCHOOLS. 

Money    therefor  not   to   be   used   for   sectarian 

purposes ,    

Provision  to  be  made  for,    

Special  laws  affecting,   forbidden,    

PUBLIC  SERVANTS,   Extra  compensation  to,   pro- 
hibited . 

PUNISHMENTS  not  to  be  cruel ,    

QUARTER  SESSIONS  COURTS.     See  COURTS. 

QUORUM  in  legislature,    

QUO  WARRANTO,  Jurisdiction  of  Supreme  Court, 


Art. 

Sec. 

V 

23 

V 

23 

I 

9 

V 

"7 

III 

11 

III 


11 


III 

7 

IV 

8 

IV 

20 

IV 

1 

I 

7 

XII 

III 

11 

X 

2 

X 

1 

IIT 

7 

III 

11 

I 

13 

II 

10 

V 

3 

RAILROADS.  See  also  CORPORATIONS:  CA- 
NALS. 

Acceptance  of  constitutional  provisions,   

Books  open  for  inspection ,    

Connection  with  other  lines ,    

Consolidation  with  competing  line,    forbidden, 

Declared  to  be  common  carriers ,    

To  be  public  highways,    

Discrimination  not  to  be  made  in  charges  and 
facilities ,    

General  provisions  relative  to,    

Not  to  engage  in  other  business ,    

Obligations  of,   owned  by  State,    

Ill 


XVII 

10 

XVII 

2 

XVII 

1 

XVII 

4 

XVII 

1 

XVII 

1 

XVII 

3,7 

XVII 

XVII 

5 

III 

24 

INDEX. 

Art.  Sec. 

RAILROADS— Continued. 

Office  to  be  maintained  in  State,    XVII                   2 

Officers,   Not  to  be  officers  of  competing  lines,  XVII                   4 

Not  to  engage  in  certain  business,    XVII                   6 

Passes  forbidden ,    XVII                   8 

Regulation   of   transportation   of   property   and 

persons, XVII                   3 

Right  of  construction  and  operation,    XVII                   1 

Special    law    permitting   laying   of   track,    for- 
bidden,       Ill                   7 

Street  railways  in  cities,  boroughs,  townships,  XVII                   9 
Transportation  privileges   of  mining  or  manu- 
facturing companies ,   XVII                   5 

Under  supervision  of  Secretary  of  Internal  Af- 
fairs,       XVII                 11 

RATE  on  interest,   Special  law  fixing,  forbidden,    ...  HI                    7 
REAL   ESTATE.     See   also   EMINENT   DOMAIN; 
PROPERTY.                                                          \ 
Limitation  on  holdings  of,   by  corporations,    ..  XVI 
Special  law  forbidden,   prescribing  effect  of  ju- 
dicial sale  of,    HI 

REBELLION,    Habeas  corpus  may  be  suspended  in 

case  of,    I                 14 

RECORDER  OF  DEEDS.     See  COUNTY. 

REFUNDING  OF  MONEY,    Special  law  forbidden,  m                   7 

REGISTER  OF  WILLS.     See  also  COUNTY. 

To  be  clerk  of  orphans'  court ,   ^                  22 

REGISTERS'  COURTS  abolished ,    T                22 

REGISTRATION,  in  cities.     Laws  must  be  uniform,  ^'m                   7 
RELIGIOUS    establishments,    Preference    not    to    be 

given  to  any ,    * 

Liberty,     Preamble 

Sentiments  not  to  disqualify  for  holding  office,  *                   4 

REMEDY  for  all  injuries,    l                 lx 

REMONSTRANCE,   Right  of,    1                20 

REMOVAL   from   office,    General   provisions   relative 

to,    V 

VI 
VII 

XII  3 

REPEAL  of  law,  Enactment  by  partial,  forbidden,   .  Ill                   7 
REPRESENTATIVES.     See  LEGISLATURE. 

REPRIEVE ,  Governor  may  grant ,   IV                   9 

REPUTATION ,   Right  of  protecting,    I                   1 

112 


INDEX. 

Art.  Sec. 

RESERVE  FUNDS,   State,  to  be  secured,    IX                 13 

RESIDENCE,  Voting,  when  neither  gained  nor  lost,  VIII                13 

RESOLUTIONS,     Concurrent,     to    be    presented    to 

Governor Ill                20 

REVENUE  bills  to  originate  in  House,    HI                  14 

REVIVAL  OF  LAWS,    Ill                    6 

RIGHT  of  assemblage  and  petition,    I                 -0 

Of  free  speech ,    I                   7 

Of  self  defence,    I                 21 

Of  suffrage.     See  ELECTIONS. 

To  alter,    reform  or  abolish  government,    ....  I                    2 

To  bear  arms ,    I                 21 

To    criticise    legislature    or    government    not    to 

be    restrained ,     I                    7 

To   free  communication   of  thoughts  and  opin- 
ions , I                    7 

To  jury  trial,    I                   6 

To  worship   God ,    I                   3 

RIGHTS,   Declaration  of,    I 

Of  conscience  not  to  be  controlled  or  interfered 

with,     I                   3 

Of  defendant  in  criminal  causes,    I                    0 

Reserved  and  inviolate,    I                 20 

ROADS ,   Special  laws  forbidden , Ill  7 

SAFETY  of  people,  Government  instituted  for,    I                   2 

SALARY,   See  also  OFFICERS. 

Of  members  of  legislature,    II                   8 

SALE  of  real  estate,  Special  law  forbidden,  prescrib- 
ing effect  of  judicial ,    Ill                    7 

SCHEDULE,  Amendments  of  1909, Page  HT 

To   constitution,     Page  51 

SCHOOLS.  See  also  EDUCATION.  SUPERIN- 
TENDENT OF  PUBLIC  INSTRUCTION : 
PUBLIC  SCHOOLS. 

Debt  of  districts,  limited,    '.  IX                    8 

Districts,   Changing  lines  by  special  law  forbid- 
den,      Ill                  7 

Creating    offices    in,     by    special    law 

forbidden ,     Ill                    7 

Diversion    of    money    to    sectarian    institution, 

prohibited ,     X                   2 

Normal,  Appropriations  for,   Ill                 17 

Public,   Special  laws  affecting,  forbidden,    III                    7 

Special  law  affecting  houses,  forbidden,   Ill                    7 

113 

8 


INDEX, 


Art.  Sec. 


Ill 

7 

X 

3 

IV 

22 

I 

8 

I 

8 

IV 

8 

IV 

18 

IV 

9 

IV 

1 

IV 

18 

III 

18 

X 

2 

I 

8 

I 

21 

II 

4 

IV 

9 

Relating   to   districts   forbidden,     

Women  eligible  to  offices  in  management  of  , . . 

SEAL  OF  PENNSYLVANIA,    

SEARCH  WARRANTS  limited, ' 

SEARCHES,  People  to  be  secure  from,   

SECRETARY  OF  COMMONWEALTH,    Appointed 

by  Governor,    

Duties ,    

Member  of  Pardon  Board ,    

Part  of  Executive  Department,    

To  keep  record  of  official  acts  of  Governor, 
SECRETARY  OF  INTERNAL  AFFAIRS.     See  IN- 
TERNAL AFFAIRS. 
SECTARIAN    INSTITUTIONS,     Appropriation    to 

prohibited ,     

Diversion  of  school  money  to,   prohibited, 

SEIZURES,  People  to  be  secure  from,   

SELF-DEFENCE,  Right  of, 

SENATE.     See  LEGISLATURE. 

SENATOR,   United  States,  vacancy,    

SENTENCE ,  Commutation  of,    

SENTIMENTS.     See  RELIGIOUS  SENTIMENTS. 
SERVANT,    public,    Extra  compensation  to,    forbid- 
den,   Ill  11 

SESSION.     See  LEGISLATURE. 
SHERIFF.     See  also  COUNTY. 

Special    law,    forbidden,    affecting   practice   or 

jurisdiction ,     

SIGNING  of  bills  by  presiding  officers,   

SINKING  FUND,   City,    

Municipal,   Provision  for,    

State,    regulation  of,    .  . . .  -. 

SLANDER,    

SOLDIERS.  See  also  ARMY  ;  ELECTIONS  ;  MIL- 
ITARY POWER;  MILITIA;  STANDING 
ARMY. 

Quartering  of,    

Voting  by,    

SOLDIERS'  widows  and  orphans,   appropriations  to 

institutions   for,     

SOLICITATION,  Corrupt 

Punishment  for,    

Witenesses  may  be  compelled  to  testify,    

114 


III 

7 

III 

9 

XV 

3 

IX 

10 

IX 

11,12 

I 

7 

I 

23 

VIII 

6 

III 

19 

III 

29, 
82 

30,31, 

HI 

31,32 

III 

32 

INDEX. 

Art.  Sec. 

SPEAKER  OF  HOUSE,    II  9 

SPECIAL  bills,    Notice  of  required,    Ill  8 

Laws.     See  also  index  to  prohibited  Legislation.        Page  59 

Certain,    forbidden,    Ill  7 

Repeal  of,    permitted,    Ill  7 

Privileges   or   immunities,    irrevocable,    forbid- 
den ,     ,  I  17 

SPECIAL  SESSION  of  legislature,    II  4 

III  25 

Of    Senate,     IV  12 

SPEECH,  Right  of,   free,    I  7 

STANDING  ARMY  in  time  of  peace,  Regulation  of,  I  22 

STATE  capital,  .Restrictions  in  change  of  location  of,  III  28 

Treasurer.     See  TREASURER. 
STATIONERY.     See  PRINTING  AND  BINDING. 

STOCK  Increase  of,    by  corporations,    regulated,    ..  XVI  7 

Issue  of,  by  corporations,   regulated,    XVI  7 

STREET      RAILWAYS.       See      also      CORPORA- 
TIONS;  RAILROADS. 
Consent  necessary  to  lay  tracks  in  municipali- 
ties,       XVII  9 

STREETS,  Special  laws  relating  to,  forbidden,   HI  7 

SUCCESSION,  Special  law  changing,  forbidden,    ...  HI  7 
SUFFRAGE.     See  ELECTIONS. 

SUICIDE,   Estate  of  those  committing,    I  19 

SUITS  against  the  Commonwealth,    I  11 

Institution  of,   in  Philadelphia,    V  6 

SUMMARY  CONVICTION ,  Appeal  from,   V  14 

SUPERINTENDENT     OF     PUBLIC      INSTRUC- 
TION Appointment  and  term  of,    IV  8 

Duties,    IV  20 

Filling  vacancy  in  office  of,    IV  8 

May  not  be  removed  by  appointing  power,    ...  VI  4 

Part  of  executive  department,    IV  1 

SUPREME  COURT.  See  COURTS. 

SURVEYOR.  See  COUNTY. 

SURVEYOR  GENERAL,  Duties  of,  to  be  performed 

by  Secretary  of  Internal  Affairs,    IV  19 

SURVIVAL  OF  ACTION  where  death  results,    III  21 

SUSPENSION  OF  LAWS,    I  12 

TAX,  Payment  of,  by  elector,   VIII  1 

TAXATION,    Corporations,     IX  3 

Exemption  from ,    IX  1 , 2 

Exemption    of    property    from,     forbidden    by 

special   law,    Ill  7 

115 


INDEX. 


Art.  Sec. 


TAXATION— Continued. 

General  provisions  relative  to,    IX 

Uniformity   of,    required,    IX  1 

TAXES,  Not  to  be  levied  by  special  commission,  pri- 
vate corporation  or  association,    Ill  20 

TELEGRAPH    COMPANIES,     Rights    and    limita- 
tions,      XVI  12 

TERM.       See  also  PUBLIC  OFFICER  ;  OFFICERS. 
TITLE  of  laws.     See  LAWS. 

Of  nobility,    prohibited,    I  24 

TRACK.     See  RAILROAD. 

TRADE,  Regulating  of,  by  special  law  forbidden,    ..  Ill  7 

TRANSPORTATION.        See       CANALS;       RAIL- 
ROADS. 

TREASON,   Attainder  of,    I  18 

TREASURER  (County).     See  COUNTY. 

State,   Filling  vacancy  in  office  of,    

Monthly  statement  of  reserve  funds,    .... 

Must  approve  certain  contracts 

Part  of  Executive  Department,    

Term    of,     

TRIAL.     See  also  COURTS. 

By    Jury,     

When  parties  may  dispense  with,    

TRIBUNALS.     See  also  COURTS. 

Special  law  forbidden  affecting  practice  or  jur- 
isdiction ,    HI  7 

TROOPS.     See  also  ARMY  ;  MILITARY  POWER  ; 
SOLDIERS ;  STANDING  ARMY. 

Quartering  of,    I  23 

TRUST  funds,    Regulation  of  investment  of  by  exe- 
cutors ,   etc. ,    Ill  22 

Or  profit,  Place  of.     See  PLACE  ;  OFFICE. 

TRUSTEES,    Investments  by 

TOAVN  PLATS,   Special  laws  relating  to,  forbidden, 
TOWNS,    Changing  charter  of,    by  special  law,    for- 
bidden ,    

Incorporation  of,  by  special  law  forbidden,    . . . 
TOWNSHIPS.     See    also    CITIES;    BOROUGHS; 
COUNTY ;   MUNICIPALITIES. 

Changing  lines  by  special  law,  forbidden 

Creating  offices  in,  by  special  law  forbidden,   . . 
Debt  of,    limited,    .  .  .* 

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IV 

8 

IX 

13 

III 

12 

IV 

1 

IV 

21 

I 

6 

V 

27 

III 

22 

III 

7 

III 

7 

III 

7 

III 

7 

III 

7 

IX 

8 

INDEX. 

TOWNSHIPS— Continued. 

Elections   for   officers ,     

Erection  of,  by  special  law,  forbidden,    

Not  to  be  authorized  to  become  stockholders  in 

corporations , 

Special  law  affecting  officers ,  forbidden ,    

Special  laws  forbidden ,    

Street  railway  must  secure  consent  of,    to  lay 

tracks ,    

TWICE  in  jeopardy 

UNITED    STATES,    Officers   of,    not    to    hold    office 

in    State,     

Senator,    vacancy , 

VACANCIES,  Courts  of  record,    

Governor  may  fill ,    

VACANCY,   Governor,    

Legislature ,     

Lieutenant  Governor,    

Secretary  of  Internal  Affairs,    

United  States  Senator,    

VACATING  highways  and  town  plats  by  special  law 

forbidden , 

VENUE,  Change  by  special  law  forbidden,   

Change  of,    

VETO  of  concurrent  orders,  resolutions  or  votes, 
Procedure  on ,   

Of  Governor,   how  exercised ,    

Partial,    of  appropriation   bills,    

VICINAGE,   Sury  of,    

VILLAGES,    Changing    Charter    of,    by    special    law 

forbidden ,    

Incorporation  of,   by  special  law  forbidden,    .. 
VIVA  A'OCE,   Persons  in  representative  capacity  to 

vote,     VIII  12 

VOTE.  See  CORPORATIONS;  ELECTIONS; 
LEGISLATURE. 

VOTERS,   Qualifications  of,    VIII  1 

VOTING.     See  also  ELECTIONS. 

Special  laws  relating  to,   forbidden,    Ill  7 

117 


Art. 

Sec. 

VIII 

3 

III 

7 

IX 

7 

III 

7 

III 

7 

XVII 

9 

I 

10 

XII 

2 

II 

4 

IV 

8 

V 

25 

IV 

8 

V 

25 

IV 

13 

II 

2 

IV 

14 

IV 

8 

II 

4 

III 

7 

III 

7 

III 

7,23 

III 

26 

III 

20 

IV 

15,10 

IV 

10 

I 

9 

III 

7 

III 

7 

Art. 

Sec. 

sin 

3 

in 

7 

i 

8 

in 

27 

INDEX. 

WARDS,   Elections  for  officers,    

Special  laws  forbidden ,    , 

WARRANTS,    Search,   limited,    T.. 

WEIGHTS  AND  MEASURES,  State  inspection,    .. 
WIDOWS  of  soldiers,   Appropriation  to  institutions, 

for, HI  19 

WITNESSES,    Compulsory  process  for,    in   criminal 

cases ,     I  9 

Compulsory   testimony   in   bribery   and   corrupt 

solicitation ,    

WOMEN,    Eligible  to  offices  in  school  management, 

AVORSHIP  of  God,  free,    

Modes  of,  no  preference  to  be  given  to,    

No  man  compelled  to  attend  or  support  place 

of, 

WRITS.     See   COURTS;    HABEAS   CORPUS. 

YEAS  AND  NAYS.     See  LEGISLATURE. 


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32 

X 

3 

I 

3 

I 

3 

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